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This is the gold standard for personal archiving. CRF focuses on maintaining a uniform visual quality across the entire video. The encoder allocates more data to complex scenes and drops the bitrate during simple scenes (like credits or static talking heads). The Encoder Preset (Speed vs. Efficiency)

-crf 23 : Sets the Constant Rate Factor to 23 (ideal balance for 1080p). shrinking x265

But here is the paradox every data hoarder faces: This is the gold standard for personal archiving

If your source has a massive 7.1 or 5.1 Dolby TrueHD/DTS-HD track, consider converting it to or Opus stereo, or a standard AC3 5.1 track. Set the bitrate to 160 kbps for stereo or 320-384 kbps for 5.1 surround sound. This step alone can save hundreds of megabytes per video. The Encoder Preset (Speed vs

The hardware pipelines use simplified mathematical models to maintain real-time speed. To get the same visual quality as a CPU encode, a GPU encode requires a significantly higher bitrate, resulting in a 20% to 40% larger file size .