Babylon (2022) BluRay 1080p HDR AV1 Opus [nAV1gator]

Title : Babylon (2022)
Genres : Drama, Comedy, History
Description : A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.

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Filesize : 2.1gb

Tools : aom-av1-lavish, av1an, FFmpeg, opusenc, MKVToolNix

Encoding parameters (Downscaled from 4k source):
Code:

av1an --resume -i "input" --verbose --split-method av-scenechange -m lsmash -c mkvmerge --sc-downscale-height 1080 -e aom --force -v "--good --bit-depth=10 --end-usage=q --threads=2 --tune-content=psy --deltaq-mode=1 --tune=ssim --cpu-used=3 --cq-level=15 --aq-mode=0 --enable-keyframe-filtering=1 --enable-cdef=0 --ssim-rd-mult=120 --enable-qm=1 --quant-sharpness=3 --lag-in-frames=48 --arnr-strength=4 --arnr-maxframes=15 --sb-size=dynamic --denoise-noise-level=18 --enable-dnl-denoising=0 --color-primaries=bt2020 --transfer-characteristics=smpte2084 --matrix-coefficients=bt2020ncl" --pix-format yuv420p10le -f "-vf scale=1920:1080,crop=iw:ih-280 -sws_flags lanczos -an" -w 8 -o "out.mkv"


Video : AV1 | 1920x800 - 1056 kb/s 10bit - 24000/1001 (~23.976) fps
Subtitle(s): English (Forced), English, English (SDH), Cantonese, Chinese, Danish, Finnish, French Canadian, Korean, Norwegian, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish (Latam), Swedish, Thai

Audio : Opus 336kb/s 7.1 Surround
Language: English
Encoder's Notes
: I am pretty proud of the size:quality ratio I achieved here, and I think it looks good. 7.1 audio might not be necessary though - do you guys like having surround audio in the first place? Please let me know