Shrinking X265 [SAFE]
The next morning, he made a radical choice. He didn't tweak --psy-rd or --deblock . He didn't download a newer version of x265 with AVX-512 optimizations. Instead, he went to Best Buy. He bought an 18-terabyte hard drive. He plugged it in. He copied the original 78 GB remux onto it.
And hardware decoders aren’t equal. Some cheap media players mishandle HEVC’s 10-bit color (common even in 8-bit rips), causing red shifts or posterization. The shrinker assumes you’ll never notice. But the hardware might betray you. shrinking x265
Despite all these techniques, some content resists shrinking: The next morning, he made a radical choice
Unlike the old x264 days, x265 was hungry. It demanded every ounce of his CPU's power. His computer fans ramped up to a roar as the processor hit 95°C. Instead, he went to Best Buy
