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Suppose you do all your MPEG-2 cleanup and send it to HcEnc for re-encoding.
Let's assume that the original file size was 5,000-7000kbps VBR.
Now, suppose you push it up to super high bitrates (say 10,000kbps-15,000kbps 2-pass).
All other settings would be pushed to the best possible options available.
Would quality loss necessarily incur, or is it at least safe to say that, considering the alloted bitrates, quality loss did not necessarily take place?
Suppose you do all your MPEG-2 cleanup and send it to HcEnc for re-encoding.
Let's assume that the original file size was 5,000-7000kbps VBR.
Now, suppose you push it up to super high bitrates (say 10,000kbps-15,000kbps 2-pass).
All other settings would be pushed to the best possible options available.
Would quality loss necessarily incur, or is it at least safe to say that, considering the alloted bitrates, quality loss did not necessarily take place?