my rough mappings for experimental AV1 transcodes:
2 Mbps for 480p/480i/576p/576i <- from ~5 Mbps MPEG-2 on DVDs
12 Mbps for 1080p/1080i <- from ~24 Mbps H.264 on Blu-rays
60 Mbps for 2160p HDR <- from ~75 Mbps HEVC on Blu-rays
(for interlaced sources I have to deinterlace))
However I'm not certain my current AppleTV groks AV1 in hardware, I'm going to have to do some test runs before I commit to anything.
And I'm not committed to re-encoding in the first place still, just fiddling around.
Brooke Vibber :neocat_cofe:
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