Season 6 was primarily shot on the and Red Epic Dragon . On the Blu-ray release , the episodes are encoded in 1080p AVC (H.264) with a variable bitrate, featuring a default Dolby Atmos (TrueHD 7.1) soundtrack. Optimal Transcoding Commands
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ffmpeg -ss 00:42:15 -i "GoT_S06E09.mkv" -frames:v 1 -q:v 2 "Stark_Shield_Wall.jpg" game of thrones season 06 ffmpeg
Compared to a pure remux (~30 GB/ep), this encode averages — excellent space savings with ~90% of the perceptual quality. Season 6 was primarily shot on the and Red Epic Dragon
ffmpeg -i "Game_of_Thrones_S06E09.mkv" \ -c:v libx265 -preset slow -crf 18 \ -c:a aac -b:a 320k \ -movflags +faststart \ "GoT_S06_Battle_of_Bastards_HEVC.mp4" keeping that High-Definition glory):
Here is the for high-quality H.265 encoding (smaller file size, keeping that High-Definition glory):