They almost never used --no-sao (Sample Adaptive Offset). SAO smooths out artifacts but also destroys fine film grain, making faces look waxy.

RARBG typically used "Medium." Slower presets allow the encoder more time to find optimal compression, improving clarity. 3 (Auto-variance with dark bias)

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