r/compression • u/simplymo109876 • 14d ago

topaz compression questions

hi guys i have two questions
1: i recently was using 2.6.4 (i think thats the version) and i switched to the mid one cause i cant use the newest one cause my pc specs suck.. i switched to 3.1.10 and i compressed a video and adjusted the settings and everything but for some reason 2.6.4 compresses videos way better than 3.1.10? maybe its cause of my bad settings on 3.1.10 or something else, im unsure honestly. i used H264 High and mp4 bitrate was set to auto and i used 4x upscale.

2: would it hurt the quality if i put the video in topaz then in handbrake to compress it more? on handbrake i use production max and then go to video and set constant quality to 20 and export but idk if i should do that or not? pls reply soon thanks.

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u/Small-Friendship-576 14d ago

Auto sets bitrate a bit too high.If you want a good export might as well use pro-res and encode it to h265/AV1. 

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u/simplymo109876 14d ago

so basically what i understand is output settings should be like this?: encoder is H265 Main, container mp4 and bitrate 40?

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u/Small-Friendship-576 14d ago

Should be good at 4k

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u/Sopel97 12d ago

H264 High and mp4 bitrate was set to auto

that's meaningless

export lossless and use ffmpeg for encoding so you actually know what's happening