It was fun comparing the size, quality, and encoding time of a previous low bitrate x265 gameplay encode 4 years ago to this version of SVT-AV1 at preset 6 and 4; still had original file, and both encodes are 10 bit. The M6 AV1 encode was better looking overall yet took maybe effectively 2/5 the time.
With no log files available, the old x265 took 17 hours on I think a r7 2700x, while it was under 5 hours on a 3700x. I could try to encode again with a newer x265 version and the same or similar settings (all parameters were auto-stored in the mkv), but I know that'll take a while and not sure how worth it / satisfying it would be to see the results.
Meanwhile, M4 AV1 was visibly better than M6, which made it obviously better than the old x265. It's still encoding, so I'm hoping the different preset doesn't also drastically change file size. Still takes a while, but it might be good enough for me to finally remove those large, old, not useful gameplay encodes for moderate quality loss at low bitrate versions w/o taking months.
It was fun comparing the size, quality, and encoding time of a previous low bitrate x265 gameplay encode 4 years ago to this version of SVT-AV1 at preset 6 and 4; still had original file, and both encodes are 10 bit. The M6 AV1 encode was better looking overall yet took maybe effectively 2/5 the time.
With no log files available, the old x265 took 17 hours on I think a r7 2700x, while it was under 5 hours on a 3700x. I could try to encode again with a newer x265 version and the same or similar settings (all parameters were auto-stored in the mkv), but I know that'll take a while and not sure how worth it / satisfying it would be to see the results.
Meanwhile, M4 AV1 was visibly better than M6, which made it obviously better than the old x265. It's still encoding, so I'm hoping the different preset doesn't also drastically change file size. Still takes a while, but it might be good enough for me to finally remove those large, old, not useful gameplay encodes for moderate quality loss at low bitrate versions w/o taking months.