Techniques for comparing the compression efficiency of encoding configurations

One or more non-transitory computer readable media including instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to analyze encoding configurations by performing the steps of:

• generating a first plurality of encoded images based on a plurality of source images and a first encoding configuration, wherein each encoded image included in the first plurality of encoded images is associated with a different visual quality level that falls within a tolerance of a target visual quality level;
• generating a second plurality of encoded images based on the plurality of source images and a second encoding configuration, wherein each encoded image included in the second plurality of encoded images is associated with a different visual quality level that falls within a tolerance of the target visual quality level;
• computing a first total file size for the first plurality of encoded images and a second total file size for the second plurality of encoded images;
• and
• computing a bitrate change based on the first total file size and the second total file size.

A system, comprising:

• one or more memories storing instructions;
• and
• one or more processors that are coupled to the one or more memories and, when executing the instructions, are configured to:
• generate a first plurality of encoded images based on a plurality of source images, a first encoding configuration, a first search interval associated with a first encoding parameter, and a target visual quality level;
• generate a second plurality of encoded images based on the plurality of source images, a second encoding configuration, a second search interval associated with a second encoding parameter, and the target visual quality level;
• compute a first total file size for the first plurality of encoded images and a second total file size for the second plurality of encoded images;
• and
• compute a bitrate change based on the first total file size and the second total file size.