>Encode everything as MPEG-5 baseline
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@Nepiant @j
Well, apparently MPEG-5 is actually a new(ish) video codec standard, but it hasn't been used anywhere so far, and there's probably no real plan for anyone to use it anytime soon.
So the joke might be that he's encoding stuff in a codec that you might not even be able to play back.
Another part of the joke might be related to the "baseline" part. A description from the only encoder that might exist so far:
"The "Baseline profile" contains only technologies that are older than 20 years or otherwise freely available for use in the standard".
This makes it sound like baseline doesn't actually feature anything unique to MPEG5, and other more mainstream codecs could perform the same thing as MPEG5 baseline.
So in other words, he'd be encoding in an obscure codec, but doing it in a way where he won't even gain any benefit from it. It would be like a technological oxymoron, if I understood this correctly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_Video_Coding
https://github.com/mpeg5/xeve
EVC Main is pretty much on par with AV1 main and VVC main.
I also tested MPEG-5 Part 2 (LCEVC) with AVC, HEVC, and EVC baseline.
AVC+LCEVC performed about as well as HEVC main and EVC baseline
HEVC+LCEVC performed about halfway between HEVC and AV1/VVC/EVC Main
EVC+LCEVC performed about the same as HEVC+LCEVC but tended to consistently beat it by 3%-5%
LCEVC is really interesting to play around with. It's a pretty novel concept but it actually works pretty well.
However I can tell you that svt-av1 (v2.3.0) preset 6 encodes FHD Blu-Ray content at about the same speed as x264 present slow but it outperforms every x265 preset when it comes to image quality@bitrate
Actually svt-av1 encodes way faster than x265 and is way more efficient too.
However I'm more interested in comparing codecs rather than encoders.
If you need a more flexible encoder then look at rav1e
You'll want to use something like Av1an with it though unless you're running several encoding jobs simultaneously.
AV1 is an impressive codec and svt-av1 is a really impressive encoder but AV1 isn't royalty free and has even more issues than VP9 in that department.
MPEG-5 baseline is actually Royalty-Free while the main profile gives better compression but is patent encumbered. Exactly the same way it is with JPEG.
good response! thank you.