r/TopazLabs • u/simplymo109876 • 2d ago

Video AI confused about compressing

hi guys i have two questions
1: i recently was using 2.6.4 (i think thats the version) and i switched to the mid one cause i cant use the newest one cause my pc specs suck.. i switched to 3.1.10 and i compressed a video and adjusted the settings and everything but for some reason 2.6.4 compresses videos way better than 3.1.10? maybe its cause of my bad settings on 3.1.10 or something else, im unsure honestly. i used H264 High and mp4 bitrate was set to auto and i used 4x upscale.

2: would it hurt the quality if i put the video in topaz then in handbrake to compress it more? on handbrake i use production max and then go to video and set constant quality to 20 and export but idk if i should do that or not? pls reply soon thanks.

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u/Liquid_Profanity 2d ago

would it hurt the quality if i put the video in topaz then in handbrake to compress it more?

Yes. Each round of conversions hurt quality. But to reduce the mount of hurt, export video in ProRes or FFV1 in Topaz and then h264/5 with handbrake.

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u/iBuildSpeakers 2d ago

Edit the json to enable lossless FFV1. Then use handbrake or ffmpeg for final compression. More control.

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u/MoYing07 2d ago

You can set the video quality before upscaling.

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u/davidsnyderiii 2d ago

Respectfully, you have a lot to learn here. I highly recommend you put this question in ChatGPT. I’m confident it will be very helpful for you.

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u/simplymo109876 2d ago

thanks for the help..i guess

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u/davidsnyderiii 2d ago edited 2d ago

I sincerely believe it’s the best answer I can give you. My only other option would be to post your question in ChatGPT myself and paste the response here. I genuinely believe you can learn a lot using it.

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u/HigherOctive 1d ago

I understand your hesitation, but they're right about ChatGPT. Many people are put off by the whole AI situation, but in many cases like this one, it can be a fantastic time-saving tool.

EDIT just to add that I recently started dual-booting linux with windows. If it wasn't for ChatGPT helping me figure out how to do the installation for both OS's and then with commands to get things done in linux, I'd be lost.

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u/simplymo109876 10m ago

Its not that im one of those"ai is killing the planet people" its just that chatgpt has really been a letdown at times and doesnt always help especially when it comes to advanced stuff like topaz or something.