Mini encode for the lolis (๑´• .̫ •ू`๑)

Bloat

1/5 the size of Coalgirls. Looks about the same, and with Opus audio.

Maybe I’m blind.

The whole point of these encodes is to look “about the same,” so…

Gurren Lagann soon?

I wonder, is it still impossible to put av1 encoding settings metadata, so we can check them with mediainfo? I suppose it’s best to judge them by eye, but sometimes I need some quick way of approximating quality e.g. by looking at crf/cq.

Different chunks have different encoding settings ranging from q21 to q15.

Just curious but tried to play it on latest mpv-git
vo/gpu-next/libplacebo: Film grain required but no renderable format available.. disabling!
Is this something that I can fix on my end?

"is it still impossible to put av1 encoding settings metadata"
It’s always been possible, thanks to Trix for the code:

av1_settings="--end-usage=q --cpu-used=4 --cq-level=11-16 --threads=2 --enable-cdef=2 --aq-mode=0 --deltaq-mode=0 --enable-qm=1 --lag-in-frames=48 --arnr-strength=0 --arnr-maxframes=0 --quant-sharpness=3 --min-q=1 --disable-trellis-quant=0 --enable-fwd-kf=1 --tune-content=psy --enable-chroma-deltaq=1 --tune=ssim --sb-size=dynamic --quant-b-adapt=1 --transfer-characteristics=bt709 --color-primaries=bt709 --matrix-coefficients=bt709 --enable-dnl-denoising=0 --luma-bias=80 --luma-bias-strength=30 --luma-bias-midpoint=35"
av1_photon="2"

apply_settings() {
  local file=$1
  local settings=$2
  local settings_name=$3
  local photon_noise=$4

  xml="<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n\
  <!-- <!DOCTYPE Tags SYSTEM \"matroskatags.dtd\"> -->\n\
  <Tags>\n\
    <Tag>\n\
      <Simple>\n\
        <Name>Encoder_settings</Name>\n\
        <String>aom-av1-lavish: ${settings} + av1an --photon-noise ${photon_noise}</String>\n\
      </Simple>\n\
      <Targets />\n\
    </Tag>\n\
  </Tags>"
  
  xml_file="${settings_name}_settings.xml"

  echo -e $xml > $xml_file

  mkvpropedit "$file" -t global:"$xml_file"
}

# Apply settings to av1 encoded files
for file in *-av1.mkv; do
  apply_settings "$file" "$av1_settings" "av1" "$av1_photon"
done

@reply to myself Umm removing gpu-dumb-mode=yes from my mpv config fixed it 🤦
gpu-dumb-mode basically cripples mpv by disabling extended features. I think it was useful for smoother playback on my older potato and well forgot to remove it when i got my current device.
Just writing this comment if anyone was dumdum like me and faced the same issue.

appreciated !