[brucethemoose2]

Amazing! I hope vector stuff makes a comeback, especially since its useful in tandem with AI (like with diffusion video nets + controlnet).

You are right about it being incompressible, among other things. I am going to restart it and see how much NVENC butchers it.

EDIT: Usual CQP settings are going absolutely bonkers.

EDIT2: https://youtu.be/6x3WUw12kKE

[duskwuff]

The 2016 demoscene production "Through the Cracks" has some similarly catastrophic effects on Youtube's encoder, particularly around 2:30:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N5CLcSkkWs

[brucethemoose2]

Even 80000k CQP HEVC at 2160x2160 looks pretty janky.

Yeah, catastrophic is a good descriptor.