From 75f63e90583b1d435a6e5672a7d260d806c4cb12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joshua Sattler <34030048+jsattler@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 23:24:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(quality): increase medium bpp for better screen content
 clarity

Screen recordings with text and UI elements need higher bitrates than
camera footage. Bump medium preset from 0.15/0.10 to 0.20/0.15 bpp
(H.264/HEVC) for cleaner text during scrolling and animation.
---
 BetterCapture/Model/SettingsStore.swift    | 4 ++--
 BetterCaptureTests/VideoQualityTests.swift | 8 ++++----
 docs/architecture/OUTPUT.md                | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/BetterCapture/Model/SettingsStore.swift b/BetterCapture/Model/SettingsStore.swift
index 5a373ba..9cc9e1b 100644
--- a/BetterCapture/Model/SettingsStore.swift
+++ b/BetterCapture/Model/SettingsStore.swift
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ enum VideoQuality: String, CaseIterable, Identifiable {
     var h264BitsPerPixel: Double {
         switch self {
         case .low:    0.04
-        case .medium: 0.15
+        case .medium: 0.2
         case .high:   0.6
         }
     }
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ enum VideoQuality: String, CaseIterable, Identifiable {
     var hevcBitsPerPixel: Double {
         switch self {
         case .low:    0.02
-        case .medium: 0.1
+        case .medium: 0.15
         case .high:   0.4
         }
     }
diff --git a/BetterCaptureTests/VideoQualityTests.swift b/BetterCaptureTests/VideoQualityTests.swift
index 68fa810..5d64fdd 100644
--- a/BetterCaptureTests/VideoQualityTests.swift
+++ b/BetterCaptureTests/VideoQualityTests.swift
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ struct VideoQualityTests {
 
     @Test func h264BitsPerPixel() {
         #expect(VideoQuality.low.h264BitsPerPixel == 0.04)
-        #expect(VideoQuality.medium.h264BitsPerPixel == 0.15)
+        #expect(VideoQuality.medium.h264BitsPerPixel == 0.2)
         #expect(VideoQuality.high.h264BitsPerPixel == 0.6)
     }
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ struct VideoQualityTests {
 
     @Test func hevcBitsPerPixel() {
         #expect(VideoQuality.low.hevcBitsPerPixel == 0.02)
-        #expect(VideoQuality.medium.hevcBitsPerPixel == 0.1)
+        #expect(VideoQuality.medium.hevcBitsPerPixel == 0.15)
         #expect(VideoQuality.high.hevcBitsPerPixel == 0.4)
     }
 
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ struct VideoQualityTests {
 
     @Test func bitsPerPixelForH264() {
         #expect(VideoQuality.low.bitsPerPixel(for: .h264) == 0.04)
-        #expect(VideoQuality.medium.bitsPerPixel(for: .h264) == 0.15)
+        #expect(VideoQuality.medium.bitsPerPixel(for: .h264) == 0.2)
         #expect(VideoQuality.high.bitsPerPixel(for: .h264) == 0.6)
     }
 
     @Test func bitsPerPixelForHEVC() {
         #expect(VideoQuality.low.bitsPerPixel(for: .hevc) == 0.02)
-        #expect(VideoQuality.medium.bitsPerPixel(for: .hevc) == 0.1)
+        #expect(VideoQuality.medium.bitsPerPixel(for: .hevc) == 0.15)
         #expect(VideoQuality.high.bitsPerPixel(for: .hevc) == 0.4)
     }
 
diff --git a/docs/architecture/OUTPUT.md b/docs/architecture/OUTPUT.md
index 2f893bf..5110ea5 100644
--- a/docs/architecture/OUTPUT.md
+++ b/docs/architecture/OUTPUT.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ bitrate = width * height * bitsPerPixel * frameRate
 | Quality | H.264 bpp | HEVC bpp |
 | ------- | --------- | -------- |
 | Low     | 0.04      | 0.02     |
-| Medium  | 0.15      | 0.10     |
+| Medium  | 0.20      | 0.15     |
 | High    | 0.60      | 0.40     |
 
 HEVC uses lower bpp values because it achieves comparable visual quality at roughly half the bitrate of H.264.