What are the downsides of enabling Fast Decode option?
If it does only good, then it should be always checked.
If it has some downsides, then what are they exactly?
When I give the encoded file to my customer, how would I know on what device my file will be played back and to what online video streaming hosting it will be uploaded. My product must be as much universal as possible! So if I should turn ON the Fast Decode option -just to make sure-, then we all need to know:
What are the downsides of enabling Fast Decode option?
(especially, does it influence the quality of uploaded result to youtube/vimeo)
Thank you!
Fast Decode option
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Fast Decode option
Last edited by veresk on Tue Sep 18, 2018 9:41 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Re: Fast Decode option
Lowers compression efficiency (quality for size).
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Considering that Youtube and Vimeo both recompress your video/audio in multiple ways between when you upload it and it is made available for download, "fast decode" means nothing on the submission side.
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Well, my thoughts are exactly the same, but I wanted to really make sure
you never know...Re: Fast Decode option
For uploading to youtube/vimeo, you should use the youtube/vimeo presets.
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Important to note that using the associated presets typically results in the video not being recompressed by YouTube at the original resolution.
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So I've tested - the result is quite the opposite to what you've stated about quality/size.
With Fast Decode option turned OFF I've got a bigger file. I've double checked - yep! unchecking increases the size.
So?
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Re: Fast Decode option
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Apologies, my mistake!!
I watched as the file size grows while encoding and at some point that file size became bigger... so I wrote a post here =)
But looks like it was only during the encoding! After encoding was completed the file size has become smaller then the "Fast Decode ON" version.
I watched as the file size grows while encoding and at some point that file size became bigger... so I wrote a post here =)
But looks like it was only during the encoding! After encoding was completed the file size has become smaller then the "Fast Decode ON" version.