Psy-rdoq [upd]

For content that is film-based or intentionally grainy, Psy-RDOq is essential. It allows the encoder to treat grain as "intended detail" rather than "noise to be removed," preserving the cinematic feel of the footage.

In , the parameter is controlled via:

It keeps skin, wood, and stone looking realistic rather than airbrushed. psy-rdoq

For movies with heavy grain or dark, textured environments, you may want to push this to psy-rdoq=2.0 to ensure details don't disappear into "black mush". For content that is film-based or intentionally grainy,

: In x265, Psy-RDOQ only takes effect if rdoq-level is set to 1 or 2 . It is generally ignored on faster presets where RDOQ is disabled. psy-rdoq