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Originally Posted by rack04
My question for you is why do you think it is necessary to have more bitrate?
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Well, for one, because everyone keeps telling me I need to compare files of (roughly) equal bitrates in order to judge the effects of aq=2 properly. :)
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Originally Posted by LoRd_MuldeR
IMHO trying to hit a specific target bitrate by iteratively adjusting CRF isn't the intended (convenient) way of using CRF mode. If you want to hit a specific (average) bitrate, then 2-Pass mode is for you.
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I don't really target for a specific filesize/bitrate. The only time when I'm concerned about it, is times like these, when going to aq-mode 2 makes the output file so much smaller, even at lower CRF. If someone were to come out and say: "Don't worry, aq-2 is supposed to use less bitrate!", then I'd be happy too. Could simply be that auto-variance truly is that much more efficient; but I'm not knowledgeable enough in these matters to convince myself of that to the point of not worrying about it. :P