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BDHDLIGHT
12th April 2026, 17:48
Good evening

I encode all my movies that I have on Blu-ray in x264.
I always use the HandBrake movie tune that gives deblock=1:-1:-1 on all my movies, except for my Blu-ray animated films where I use the animation tune.
I see many other encoders that use deblock=1:-2:-2 and deblock=1:-3:-3 for the same movies. So, I wonder if I made a mistake using deblock =1:-1:-1

I also specify that I never use the HandBrake tune grain.
I don’t know if this has an impact on my encodings.

microchip8
13th April 2026, 06:33
You didn't make a mistake. -1:-1 is optimal for x264 and you'll gain very little if at all by going lower.

GeoffreyA
13th April 2026, 07:51
The key settings in x264 are preset veryslow, tune film, and profile level, typically 4.1 for 1080p.

Beyond that, you could use aq-mode 3, adjust the keyframe interval, lookahead, etc.

hello_hello
13th April 2026, 11:23
Tune Grain tends to increase the bitrate quite dramatically for a given CRF value.

Z2697
13th April 2026, 18:42
AVC's deblocking is too strong by default, the lower value should be preferred when targeting higher quality.
But it's not like your videos are ruined, the difference is subtle.

Tune animation is generally considered not good for high quality encode.

BDHDLIGHT
23rd May 2026, 10:36
Thank you all for your responses.