New Upload Method Test (Superseded, see description)
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This upload method is superseded by uploading the video file in resolutions above 1080p (1440p and 4K both work) to force YouTube to process the video with VP9 codec.
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This video is intended to test forcing YouTube to process this video with VP9 codec. It is done by uploading the raw file to Google Drive and import it to YouTube with "Show Google Drive photos & videos in your Photos library" enabled in Google Photos settings.
Video quality should be higher and less blocky when uploaded this way.
See Speedbre4ker's tutorial on forcing YouTube to process a video with VP9 codec:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjlEi4QAMGc
Normally, YouTube videos will be processed with VP9 codec provided if they have high number of views.
To verify, right click on YouTube player and select "Stats for nerds". Look for MIME Type and it should say "Codecs vp9".
The game featured in this video is Sonic Generations.
This game is running at 1920x1080 and all settings on maximum possible. FXAA and VSync are both disabled to make ReShade SMAA work.
An executable modification with HxD Hex Editor is issued to SonicGenerations.fxpipeline.exe, forcing the game to render dynamic shadows at 8192x8192 resolution: Offset 0xCC5439, bytes: 00 20 00 00.
The following settings are used in ReShade SMAA implementation:
Luminance edge detection;
Edge detection threshold of 0.050;
Maximum search steps of 98;
Maximum diagonal search steps of 16; and
No corner rounding
The following mods are installed and enabled with SonicGMI:
Sonic Unleashed FxPipeline Shaders;
Graphics Overhaul;
High-resolution HUD;
Casino Night Done Right (not shown); and
Quickstep Fix (not shown)
The following settings are used in ReShade SMAA implementation:
Luminance edge detection;
Edge detection threshold of 0.050;
Maximum search steps of 98;
Maximum diagonal search steps of 16; and
No corner rounding
This video encoded using FFmpeg with the command line:
ffmpeg.exe -i [inputfile].avs -vf colormatrix=bt601:bt709 -threads 0 -c:v h264_nvenc -pix_fmt yuv420p -preset slow -y -b:v 12288k -level 5.1 -2pass auto [outputfile].mkv
Chroma plane issues in ShadowPlay output video file were fixed in AviSynth script using ChromaShiftSP by shifting them vertically by 1 pixel.
System specifications: See my channel description.
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