diff --git a/scripts/analyze.sh b/scripts/analyze.sh
index 9068cce..9866c7e 100755
--- a/scripts/analyze.sh
+++ b/scripts/analyze.sh
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ set style line 1 \
     pointtype 7 pointsize 1.5
 
 plot "$RESULTS" using 3:6 with linepoints linestyle 1
-EOF
\ No newline at end of file
+EOF
diff --git a/scripts/benchmark.sh b/scripts/benchmark.sh
index ec9920b..e781a05 100755
--- a/scripts/benchmark.sh
+++ b/scripts/benchmark.sh
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ do
                 elif [[ "$encoder" == "libsvtav1" ]]
                 then
                     PARAMS="-preset $preset -crf $crf -svtav1-params \
-                            scd=1:tune=0:enable-overlays=1:enable-hdr=1:fast-decode=1 "
+                            scd=1:tune=0:enable-overlays=1:enable-hdr=1:fast-decode=1:enable-variance-boost=1"
                 elif [[ ("$encoder" == "libx264") || ("$encoder" == "libx265") ]]
                 then
                     test "$preset" -eq 2 && preset=veryslow
@@ -159,4 +159,4 @@ do
 done
 
 echo -e "\n\n--- Results CSV ---\n" >> "$LOG"
-cat "$CSV" >> "$LOG"
\ No newline at end of file
+cat "$CSV" >> "$LOG"
diff --git a/scripts/install_deps.sh b/scripts/install_deps.sh
index 63fe334..0e87940 100755
--- a/scripts/install_deps.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_deps.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ COMMON_DEP_NAMES="autoconf automake cmake libtool pkg-config bc texinfo \
 APT_DEP_NAMES="build-essential git-core g++-12 libass-dev libfreetype6-dev \
   libsdl2-dev libva-dev libvdpau-dev gcc-12 libvorbis-dev libxcb1-dev \
   libxcb-shm0-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev zlib1g-dev libssl-dev ninja-build \
-  gobjc++ python3-pip mawk libnuma-dev"
+  gobjc++ python3-pip mawk libnuma-dev mediainfo mkvtoolnix"
 
 PACMAN_DEP_NAMES="base-devel ninja python-pip"
 
diff --git a/scripts/recc_encode.sh b/scripts/recc_encode.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..40ff717
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/recc_encode.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# this is simply my recommended encoding method.
+# do not take this as a holy grail.
+
+usage() {
+    echo "unrecognized arguments, please retry"
+    echo "encode -i input_file [-p] output_file"
+    echo -e "\t-p print the command instead of executing [optional]"
+    return 0 
+}
+
+encode() {
+    ENCODE_FILE="/tmp/encode.sh"
+
+    echo ffmpeg -i \""$INPUT"\" -map 0 $(unmap_streams "$INPUT") \
+        -af '"aformat=channel_layouts=7.1|5.1|stereo|mono"' -c:a libopus $(get_bitrate_audio "$INPUT") \
+        -c:s copy -c:V libsvtav1 -pix_fmt yuv420p10le -crf 25 -preset 3 -g 240 \
+        -svtav1-params \"tune=0:enable-overlays=1:scd=1:enable-hdr=1:fast-decode=1:enable-variance-boost=1\" \
+        \""$OUTPUT"\" "&& mkvpropedit \"$OUTPUT\" --add-track-statistics-tags " > "$ENCODE_FILE"
+    
+        if [[ "$PRINT_OUT" == "true" ]];
+        then
+            cat "$ENCODE_FILE"
+        else
+            bash "$ENCODE_FILE"
+        fi
+}
+
+unmap_streams(){
+    INPUT="$1"
+    UNMAP_FILTER="jpeg|png"
+    UNMAP_STREAMS=$(ffprobe "$INPUT" 2>&1 | grep "Stream" | grep -Ei "$UNMAP_FILTER" | cut -d':' -f2 | tr '\n' ' ')
+    UNMAP_CMD=""
+    for UNMAP_STREAM in $UNMAP_STREAMS; do
+        UNMAP_CMD+="-map -0:$UNMAP_STREAM "
+    done
+    echo "$UNMAP_CMD"
+}
+
+get_bitrate_audio() {
+    BITRATE_CMD=""
+    NUM_AUDIO_STREAMS=$(ffprobe -v error -select_streams a -show_entries stream=index -of csv=p=0 "$INPUT" | wc -l)
+    for ((i = 0; i < NUM_AUDIO_STREAMS; i++)); do
+        NUM_CHANNELS=$(ffprobe -v error -select_streams "a:$i" -show_entries stream=channels -of default=noprint_wrappers=1:nokey=1 "$INPUT")
+        BITRATE=$((NUM_CHANNELS * 64))
+        BITRATE_CMD+="-b:a:$i ${BITRATE}k "
+    done
+    echo "$BITRATE_CMD"
+}
+
+
+OPTS='i:p'
+NUM_OPTS=$(echo $OPTS | tr ':' '\n' | wc -l)
+PRINT_OUT="false"
+MIN_OPT=2
+MAX_OPT=4
+test "$#" -lt $MIN_OPT && usage && exit 1
+test "$#" -gt $MAX_OPT && usage && exit 1
+while getopts "$OPTS" flag; do
+    case "${flag}" in
+        i)
+            INPUT="${OPTARG}"
+            ;;
+        p)
+            PRINT_OUT="true"
+            ;;
+        *)
+            usage
+            exit 1
+            ;;        
+    esac
+done
+
+# allow optional output filename
+if [[ "$#" -eq $MAX_OPT ]]; then
+    OUTPUT="${@: -1}"
+elif [[ 
+    ("$PRINT_OUT" == "true") &&
+    ( "$#" -eq 3) 
+    ]]; then
+    OUTPUT="${HOME}/av1_${INPUT}"
+elif [[ "$#" -eq 2 ]]; then
+    OUTPUT="${HOME}/av1_${INPUT}"
+else
+    OUTPUT="${@: -1}"
+fi
+
+echo
+echo "INPUT: $INPUT, PRINT_OUT: $PRINT_OUT, OUTPUT: $OUTPUT"
+echo
+
+encode
diff --git a/scripts/recc_encode_install.sh b/scripts/recc_encode_install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9b3590c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/recc_encode_install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+sudo ln -sf "$(pwd)/scripts/recc_encode.sh" /usr/local/bin/encode
diff --git a/scripts/recc_encode_uninstall.sh b/scripts/recc_encode_uninstall.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e714349
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/recc_encode_uninstall.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+sudo rm /usr/local/bin/encode