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youtube did Something that makes loading videos without the ads impossible through the app and multiple experimental patches later they still haven't figured out how to fix it yet

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@goofpunk it really is a case by case scenario, there isn't going to be a magic one-size-fits-all setting but you can mess with the presets if you want to!

the best thing to do if you want to set it up manually is to just fiddle with the compression slider and generate previews and try to get it to the highest number that you can before it looks too blocky for your own taste.

you can also drop extra subtitle tracks and audio tracks if you don't need them, it'll also convert surround sound audio to stereo.

newer codecs (vp9, h.265, av1) compress a bit better and will give you higher quality video for less file size but not everything will be able to play them so be careful (and use hardware acceleration if available, it goes WAY faster).

IIRC it'll also automatically try to crop any black bars out of the video but this doesn't necessarily save space and might make the subtitles look awkward

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