[FFmpeg-user] -preset veryfast produces smallest file, weird

[Ulf Zibis]

Am 15.10.23 um 16:52 schrieb Reindl Harald:
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> Am 15.10.23 um 16:43 schrieb Ulf Zibis:
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>> Am 15.10.23 um 15:43 schrieb Reindl Harald:
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>>> if you prefer fast you don't care about quality
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>>> in doubt quality needs space and find a compromise between size and space - you can't have both - and well, depending on the source material fast can be small and good enough in quality
>> In my understanding quality also needs CPU time
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> but with "veryfast" you statet "i do not care about quality" and losing details by not care about quality *can save* space - common sense

Then the info in the Wiki must be wrong.

With "veryfast" I stated to "not care about *space*", but with "-crf 23" I always stated "care about same quality".

Interestingly with "veryfast" I needed less space than with "medium" or "veryslow".

-Ulf