Firstly, I'll start with how I render my x265 files.
ffmpeg -hwaccel cuvid -i "%file%%ext%" -c:a aac -b:a 384k -c:v hevc_nvenc -preset %speed% -rc-lookahead:v 64 -cq:v %quality% -pix_fmt p010le "FFMPEG___%file%%ext%"
It's part of a .bat script in the "sendTo" folder of Windows. So it appears under a right click on a file.
It prompts for the CQ quality (I use 30 for the less important thing, and 24 for what I really want to preserve. Lower sometimes), and "slow or medium" for the -preset
It works well, it's consistant, and I have great results.
It's a two steps process. I export a high quality file with the DNxHR codec from Davinci Resolve, then I use FFMPEG.I tried the trial of the plugin pack a couple month after it came out a while back. The speed was on par with ffmpeg, same with the quality. I almost bought it, but even if it's not that costly, I
But I'm starting to get tired of this two step process. Even if it works very well for me, with a very consistant good quality/manageable file size, I would like to cut down on the rendering time. And doing it all from Resolve would be nice.
If anyone has as similar type of experience (exporting a high quality/high bitrate file then using whatever 3rd party software to encode the final video with it), and switched to the mainconcept plugin, did you find and drawback? How did it go? What's the general experience?
Thanks