VMAF 95 - Preset 5 crf 15 svt-av1
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VMAF metric is like a video critic that watches your content and scores how close it feels to the original, on a scale of 0–100. Imagine you're showing off your video to an audience:
95–100: The audience applauds — the quality is so excellent, they can’t tell it’s not the original.
90–94: A few keen eyes notice tiny imperfections, but most still cheer — very good quality.
80–89: Some viewers nod, but others squint at the visible compression — good but not flawless.
Below 80: Murmurs of distraction as artifacts steal the spotlight — fair to poor quality.
If you want standing ovations, aim for 95+. For casual enjoyment, 90+ will do.
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Encoding
Ab-av1
sample-encode -i "c:\file.mkv" --pix-format yuv420p10le --svt fast-decode=1 --svt tune=0 --preset 5 --min-samples 20 --crf 15
VMAF 95.12 predicted video stream size 1.02 GiB (29%) taking 41 minutes
Handbrake 1.8.2 (2024081000)
Video.svt-av1 10 bit fast decode Preset 5 crf 15
Audio.eac3 passtrough
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File
Source 8000-10000 kbps → 4000kbps files
26gb → 11gb
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Source
the.penguin.s01e01.1080p.web.h264-successfulcrab[EZTVx.to]
the.penguin.s01e02.1080p.web.h264-successfulcrab[EZTVx.to]
the.penguin.s01e03.1080p.web.h264-successfulcrab
the.penguin.s01e04.1080p.web.h264-successfulcrab
the.penguin.s01e05.1080p.web.h264-successfulcrab
The.Penguin.S01E06.Gold.Summit.1080p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.H.264-NTb
The.Penguin.S01E07.1080p.WEB.h264-ETHEL
the.penguin.s01e08.1080p.web.h264-successfulcrab[EZTVx.to]
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Tools
Ab-av1
FFBitrateViewer
FFmpeg
FFmetrics
Freefilesync
Handbrake
Jackett
Mediainfo
Mkvtoolknix
Qbittorent
Scenerulez
Shutterencoder
VVV-virtualvolumeview
Xnconvert
Xnview mp