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Enable AV1 Film Grain Synthesis and Measure Your Savings

Learn to enable AV1 film grain synthesis, measure savings, and evaluate results visually.

Film grain is inherently random, making it costly for codecs to encode. AV1 addresses this by stripping grain and allowing the decoder to synthesize it during playback. This guide will show you how to enable this feature using FFmpeg and assess the results visually.