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Originally Posted by sneaker_ger

This is not true for x265 anymore.

http://x265.readthedocs.io/en/defaul...slow-firstpass

In what way? Seems to do exactly what one would expect:

x265:

--slow-firstpass, --no-slow-firstpass

Enable first pass encode with the exact settings specified. The quality in subsequent multi-pass encodes is better (compared to first pass) when the settings match across each pass. Default enabled.

When slow first pass is disabled, a turbo encode with the following go-fast options is used to improve performance:
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x264:

--slow-firstpass

Don't force these faster settings with --pass 1:
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