Rarbg X265 Encoding Settings _verified_ Jun 2026

| Goal | Preset | CRF (x265) | Profile | Tune | |---|---:|---:|---|---| | Archival / Best quality | veryslow | 18–20 | main10 (4K/HDR) / main (8-bit) | film/grain | | Balanced / Everyday | slow | 20–22 | main10/main | film/animation | | Fast / Small | medium | 22–24 | main | none/animation |

Superior color reproduction with less banding.

Paste this exact string into the advanced settings box at the bottom of the video tab: aq-mode=3:rd=4:psy-rd=1.0:qg-size=32:me=star Audio and Container Choices Rarbg X265 Encoding Settings

Based on our analysis, the default x265 encoding settings on RARBG are:

| Defect | Default x265 Behavior | RARBG Fix | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Low bitrate allocation to uniform areas. | aq-mode=3 forces bits to flat dark areas. | | Skin looking waxy | Over-smoothing from sao . | no-sao=1 keeps natural skin texture. | | Color banding | 8-bit dithering fails on gradients. | Used --dither in x265 or encoded in 10-bit (even for 1080p). | | Ringing around text | deblock set too low. | deblock=-2,-2 softens but prevents rings. | | Goal | Preset | CRF (x265) |

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Specifically, their releases became the benchmark for quality-to-size ratio. | | Skin looking waxy | Over-smoothing from sao

x265 natively struggles with dark gradients, often creating "blocks" of color. AQ-Mode 3 fixed this entirely for RARBG.

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