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Codec Battle H.264/5/6 and AV1

I wondering how good H.266 codec, for this I use uvg266 ultravideo (v0.8.1)

Size Comparison

H.266 (uvg266 ultravideo)USAC xHE-AAC eSBR11.4 MiB (11,988,630 bytes)
AV1 (SVT-AV1)Opus11.6 MiB (12,246,891 bytes)
H.265 (x265)AAC LC (Nero)16.0 MiB (16,818,769 bytes)
H.264 (x264)AAC LC (Nero)17.3 MiB (18,193,099 bytes)

Settings

Video

CodecPresetRate FactorQuality Factor
H.266veryslowCQP22
AV11CRF22
H.265veryslowCRF22
H.264veryslowCRF22

Audio

CodecModeQualitySample Rate
USACxHE-AAC eSBRg (highest)48kHz
OpusBitrate96kbps (match USAC)48kHz
AACTarget Quality1.0 (highest)48kHz

Source

MediaInfo
General
Unique ID                   : 193062940683263302251085707307272985874 (0x913E91E26EB695F0A359DA27A3755D12)
Complete name               : Monogatari Second Season OP 1 (Nekomonogatari White) Textless.mkv
Format                      : Matroska
Format version              : Version 2
File size                   : 344 MiB
Duration                    : 1 min 31 s
Overall bit rate mode       : Variable
Overall bit rate            : 31.5 Mb/s
Frame rate                  : 23.976 FPS
Encoded date                : 2024-07-28 05:06:53 UTC
Writing application         : MakeMKV v1.17.7 darwin(arm64-release)
Writing library             : libmakemkv v1.17.7 (1.3.10/1.5.2) darwin(arm64-release)

Video
ID                          : 1
ID in the original source m : 4113 (0x1011)
Format                      : AVC
Format/Info                 : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile              : [email protected]
Format settings             : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC      : Yes
Format settings, Reference  : 4 frames
Format settings, Slice coun : 4 slices per frame
Codec ID                    : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                    : 1 min 31 s
Bit rate mode               : Variable
Bit rate                    : 29.2 Mb/s
Maximum bit rate            : 39.0 Mb/s
Width                       : 1 920 pixels
Height                      : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio        : 16:9
Frame rate mode             : Constant
Frame rate                  : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space                 : YUV
Chroma subsampling          : 4:2:0
Bit depth                   : 8 bits
Scan type                   : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)          : 0.586
Time code of first frame    : 02:16:59:12
Stream size                 : 318 MiB (93%)
Language                    : English
Default                     : No
Forced                      : No
Original source medium      : Blu-ray

Audio
ID                          : 2
ID in the original source m : 4352 (0x1100)
Format                      : PCM
Format settings             : Little / Signed
Codec ID                    : A_PCM/INT/LIT
Duration                    : 1 min 31 s
Bit rate mode               : Constant
Bit rate                    : 2 304 kb/s
Channel(s)                  : 2 channels
Sampling rate               : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                  : 30.003 FPS (1600 SPF)
Bit depth                   : 24 bits
Stream size                 : 25.2 MiB (7%)
Title                       : Stereo
Language                    : Japanese
Default                     : Yes
Forced                      : No
Original source medium      : Blu-ray

H.266 + USAC xHE-AAC

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MediaInfo
General
Complete name               : D:\Users\Anime4000\Videos\Encoded\[IFME] Monogatari Second Season OP 1 (Nekomonogatari White) Textless.mp4
Format                      : MPEG-4
Format profile              : Base Media
Codec ID                    : isom (isom/iso6/iso2/mp41)
File size                   : 11.4 MiB
Duration                    : 1 min 31 s
Overall bit rate            : 1 045 kb/s
Frame rate                  : 23.976 FPS
Encoded date                : 2025-05-19 16:44:15 UTC
Tagged date                 : 2025-05-19 16:44:15 UTC
Writing application         : ifme8.5.1/amd64/windows (AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core Processor)

Video
ID                          : 1
Format                      : VVC
Format/Info                 : Versatile Video Coding
Codec ID                    : vvc1
Codec ID/Info               : Versatile Video Coding
Duration                    : 1 min 31 s
Bit rate                    : 946 kb/s
Width                       : 1 920 pixels
Height                      : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio        : 16:9
Frame rate mode             : Constant
Frame rate                  : 23.976 (23976/1000) FPS
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)          : 0.019
Stream size                 : 10.3 MiB (90%)
Title                       : Japanese
Language                    : Japanese
Encoded date                : 2025-05-19 16:44:15 UTC
Tagged date                 : 2025-05-19 16:44:15 UTC
Codec configuration box     : vvcC

Audio
ID                          : 2
Format                      : USAC
Format/Info                 : Unified Speech and Audio Coding
Codec ID                    : mp4a-40-42
Duration                    : 1 min 31 s
Bit rate mode               : Constant
Bit rate                    : 97.2 kb/s
Channel(s)                  : 2 channels
Channel layout              : L R
Sampling rate               : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                  : 23.438 FPS (2048 SPF)
Compression mode            : Lossy
Stream size                 : 1.06 MiB (9%)
Title                       : crh / Japanese
Language                    : Japanese
Default                     : Yes
Alternate group             : 1
Encoded date                : 2025-05-19 16:44:15 UTC
Tagged date                 : 2025-05-19 16:44:15 UTC
Sample peak level           : -9.813 dBFS
Program loudness            : -21.50 LKFS
Conformance errors          : 1
 Crosscheck                 : Yes
  stts                      : Yes
   sample_count             : MP4 stts sample_count 8009 does not match USAC UsacConfig coreCoderFrameLength 2048 (frame 0)
Conformance warnings        : 1
 AudioPreRoll               : Yes
  numPreRollFrames          : numPreRollFrames is 1 but 2 is recommended due to SBR without harmonic patching (frames 0+50+100)
Conformance information     : 1
 Crosscheck                 : Yes
  sbgp                      : Yes
   roll_distance            : MP4 sbgp is not present and this is an independent frame (IF), seeking is not optimal (frames 24+25+49+74+75+99+124+125)

AV1 + Opus

MediaInfo
General
Complete name               : D:\Users\Anime4000\Videos\Encoded\[IFME] Monogatari Second Season OP 1 (Nekomonogatari White) Textless.webm
Format                      : WebM
Format version              : Version 4
File size                   : 11.7 MiB
Duration                    : 1 min 31 s
Overall bit rate            : 1 070 kb/s
Frame rate                  : 23.976 FPS
Writing application         : ifme8.5.1/amd64/windows (AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core Processor)
Writing library             : Lavf61.9.104

Video
ID                          : 1
Format                      : AV1
Format/Info                 : AOMedia Video 1
Format profile              : [email protected]
Codec ID                    : V_AV1
Duration                    : 1 min 31 s
Width                       : 1 920 pixels
Height                      : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio        : 16:9
Frame rate mode             : Constant
Frame rate                  : 23.976 FPS
Color space                 : YUV
Chroma subsampling          : 4:2:0
Bit depth                   : 8 bits
Title                       : Japanese
Language                    : Japanese
Default                     : No
Forced                      : No
Color range                 : Limited

Audio
ID                          : 2
Format                      : Opus
Codec ID                    : A_OPUS
Duration                    : 1 min 31 s
Channel(s)                  : 2 channels
Channel layout              : L R
Sampling rate               : 48.0 kHz
Bit depth                   : 32 bits
Compression mode            : Lossy
Title                       : Japanese
Writing library             : Lavc62.0.101 libopus
Language                    : Japanese
Default                     : No
Forced                      : No

H265 + AAC LC

MediaInfo
General
Complete name               : D:\Users\Anime4000\Videos\Encoded\[IFME] Monogatari Second Season OP 1 (Nekomonogatari White) Textless_2.mp4
Format                      : MPEG-4
Format profile              : Base Media
Codec ID                    : isom (isom/iso6/iso2/mp41)
File size                   : 16.0 MiB
Duration                    : 1 min 31 s
Overall bit rate            : 1 468 kb/s
Frame rate                  : 23.976 FPS
Encoded date                : 2025-05-19 16:52:55 UTC
Tagged date                 : 2025-05-19 16:52:55 UTC
Writing application         : ifme8.5.1/amd64/windows (AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core Processor)

Video
ID                          : 1
Format                      : HEVC
Format/Info                 : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile              : Main@L4@Main
Codec ID                    : hvc1
Codec ID/Info               : High Efficiency Video Coding
Duration                    : 1 min 31 s
Bit rate                    : 1 027 kb/s
Width                       : 1 920 pixels
Height                      : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio        : 16:9
Frame rate mode             : Constant
Frame rate                  : 23.976 (23976/1000) FPS
Color space                 : YUV
Chroma subsampling          : 4:2:0
Bit depth                   : 8 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)          : 0.021
Stream size                 : 11.2 MiB (70%)
Title                       : Japanese
Writing library             : x265 4.1+1-32e25ffcf:[Windows][GCC 14.2.0][64 bit] 8bit+10bit+12bit
Encoding settings           : cpuid=1111039 / frame-threads=5 / numa-pools=32 / wpp / no-pmode / no-pme / no-psnr / no-ssim / log-level=2 / input-csp=1 / input-res=1920x1080 / interlace=0 / total-frames=2196 / level-idc=0 / high-tier=1 / uhd-bd=0 / ref=5 / no-allow-non-conformance / no-repeat-headers / annexb / no-aud / no-eob / no-eos / no-hrd / info / hash=0 / temporal-layers=0 / open-gop / min-keyint=23 / keyint=250 / gop-lookahead=0 / bframes=8 / b-adapt=2 / b-pyramid / bframe-bias=0 / rc-lookahead=40 / lookahead-slices=0 / scenecut=40 / no-hist-scenecut / radl=0 / no-splice / no-intra-refresh / ctu=64 / min-cu-size=8 / rect / amp / max-tu-size=32 / tu-inter-depth=3 / tu-intra-depth=3 / limit-tu=0 / rdoq-level=2 / dynamic-rd=0.00 / no-ssim-rd / signhide / no-tskip / nr-intra=0 / nr-inter=0 / no-constrained-intra / strong-intra-smoothing / max-merge=5 / limit-refs=0 / no-limit-modes / me=3 / subme=4 / merange=57 / temporal-mvp / no-frame-dup / no-hme / weightp / weightb / no-analyze-src-pics / deblock=0:0 / sao / no-sao-non-deblock / rd=6 / selective-sao=4 / no-early-skip / rskip / no-fast-intra / no-tskip-fast / no-cu-lossless / b-intra / no-splitrd-skip / rdpenalty=0 / psy-rd=0.00 / psy-rdoq=0.00 / no-rd-refine / no-lossless / cbqpoffs=0 / crqpoffs=0 / rc=crf / crf=22.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpstep=4 / stats-write=0 / stats-read=0 / ipratio=1.40 / pbratio=1.30 / aq-mode=2 / aq-strength=1.00 / cutree / zone-count=0 / no-strict-cbr / qg-size=32 / no-rc-grain / qpmax=69 / qpmin=0 / no-const-vbv / sar=1 / overscan=0 / videoformat=5 / range=0 / colorprim=2 / transfer=2 / colormatrix=2 / chromaloc=0 / display-window=0 / cll=0,0 / min-luma=0 / max-luma=255 / log2-max-poc-lsb=8 / vui-timing-info / vui-hrd-info / slices=1 / no-opt-qp-pps / no-opt-ref-list-length-pps / no-multi-pass-opt-rps / scenecut-bias=0.05 / no-opt-cu-delta-qp / no-aq-motion / no-hdr10 / no-hdr10-opt / no-dhdr10-opt / no-idr-recovery-sei / analysis-reuse-level=0 / analysis-save-reuse-level=0 / analysis-load-reuse-level=0 / scale-factor=0 / refine-intra=0 / refine-inter=0 / refine-mv=1 / refine-ctu-distortion=0 / no-limit-sao / ctu-info=0 / no-lowpass-dct / refine-analysis-type=0 / copy-pic=1 / max-ausize-factor=1.0 / no-dynamic-refine / no-single-sei / no-hevc-aq / no-svt / no-field / qp-adaptation-range=1.00 / scenecut-aware-qp=0conformance-window-offsets / right=0 / bottom=0 / decoder-max-rate=0 / no-vbv-live-multi-pass / no-mcstf / no-sbrc / no-frame-rc
Language                    : Japanese
Encoded date                : 2025-05-19 16:52:55 UTC
Tagged date                 : 2025-05-19 16:52:55 UTC
Menus                       : 3
Codec configuration box     : hvcC

Audio
ID                          : 2
Format                      : AAC LC
Format/Info                 : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Codec ID                    : mp4a-40-2
Duration                    : 1 min 31 s
Bit rate mode               : Constant
Bit rate                    : 438 kb/s
Channel(s)                  : 2 channels
Channel layout              : L R
Sampling rate               : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                  : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode            : Lossy
Stream size                 : 4.78 MiB (30%)
Title                       : Japanese
Language                    : Japanese
Default                     : Yes
Alternate group             : 1
Encoded date                : 2025-05-19 16:52:55 UTC
Tagged date                 : 2025-05-19 16:52:55 UTC
Menus                       : 3

Menu #1
ID                          : 3
Format                      : Timed Text
Codec ID                    : text
Duration                    : 1 min 31 s
Language                    : English
Encoded date                : 2025-05-19 16:52:55 UTC
Tagged date                 : 2025-05-19 16:52:55 UTC
Menu For                    : 1,2

Menu #2

H264 + AAC LC

MediaInfo
General
Complete name               : D:\Users\Anime4000\Videos\Encoded\[IFME] Monogatari Second Season OP 1 (Nekomonogatari White) Textless_3.mp4
Format                      : MPEG-4
Format profile              : Base Media
Codec ID                    : isom (isom/iso6/iso2/avc1/mp41)
File size                   : 17.4 MiB
Duration                    : 1 min 31 s
Overall bit rate            : 1 588 kb/s
Frame rate                  : 23.976 FPS
Encoded date                : 2025-05-19 16:54:01 UTC
Tagged date                 : 2025-05-19 16:54:01 UTC
Writing application         : ifme8.5.1/amd64/windows (AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core Processor)

Video
ID                          : 1
Format                      : AVC
Format/Info                 : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile              : [email protected]
Format settings             : CABAC / 16 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC      : Yes
Format settings, Reference  : 16 frames
Codec ID                    : avc1
Codec ID/Info               : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                    : 1 min 31 s
Bit rate                    : 1 148 kb/s
Width                       : 1 920 pixels
Height                      : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio        : 16:9
Frame rate mode             : Constant
Frame rate                  : 23.976 (23976/1000) FPS
Color space                 : YUV
Chroma subsampling          : 4:2:0
Bit depth                   : 8 bits
Scan type                   : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)          : 0.023
Stream size                 : 12.5 MiB (72%)
Title                       : Japanese
Writing library             : x264 core 159 r2991 1771b55
Encoding settings           : cabac=1 / ref=16 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=10 / psy=0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=24 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=0 / threads=34 / lookahead_threads=5 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=8 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=60 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=22.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=2:1.00
Language                    : Japanese
Encoded date                : 2025-05-19 16:54:01 UTC
Tagged date                 : 2025-05-19 16:54:01 UTC
Menus                       : 3
Codec configuration box     : avcC

Audio
ID                          : 2
Format                      : AAC LC
Format/Info                 : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Codec ID                    : mp4a-40-2
Duration                    : 1 min 31 s
Bit rate mode               : Constant
Bit rate                    : 438 kb/s
Channel(s)                  : 2 channels
Channel layout              : L R
Sampling rate               : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                  : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode            : Lossy
Stream size                 : 4.78 MiB (28%)
Title                       : Japanese
Language                    : Japanese
Default                     : Yes
Alternate group             : 1
Encoded date                : 2025-05-19 16:54:01 UTC
Tagged date                 : 2025-05-19 16:54:01 UTC
Menus                       : 3

Menu #1
ID                          : 3
Format                      : Timed Text
Codec ID                    : text
Duration                    : 1 min 31 s
Language                    : English
Encoded date                : 2025-05-19 16:54:01 UTC
Tagged date                 : 2025-05-19 16:54:01 UTC
Menu For                    : 1,2

Menu #2

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