He adjusted the Constant Rate Factor, the dial that balanced the equation. He tweaked the --cpu-used setting, pushing the processor to its thermal limits. He was sweating now. The render was at 90%. A single dropped frame would be a failed quest.
Gareth chose a different path. He chose the Green Knight. the green knight libvpx
To truly capture the mossy textures of the Knight’s axe, one must use a high "cpu-used" setting (usually 0 or 1). This results in incredibly slow encode times—sometimes taking days for a single 4K pass—but the result is a near-transparent replica of the source. He adjusted the Constant Rate Factor, the dial
