diff --git a/crunchy-cli-core/src/cli/archive.rs b/crunchy-cli-core/src/cli/archive.rs
index 626a4f0..e8a5ca2 100644
--- a/crunchy-cli-core/src/cli/archive.rs
+++ b/crunchy-cli-core/src/cli/archive.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::cli::log::tab_info;
-use crate::cli::utils::{download_segments, find_resolution};
+use crate::cli::utils::{download_segments, FFmpegPreset, find_resolution};
 use crate::utils::context::Context;
 use crate::utils::format::{format_string, Format};
 use crate::utils::log::progress;
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ use crate::utils::parse::{parse_url, UrlFilter};
 use crate::utils::sort::{sort_formats_after_seasons, sort_seasons_after_number};
 use crate::Execute;
 use anyhow::{bail, Result};
+use chrono::NaiveTime;
 use crunchyroll_rs::media::{Resolution, StreamSubtitle};
 use crunchyroll_rs::{Locale, Media, MediaCollection, Series};
-use log::{debug, error, info};
+use log::{debug, error, info, warn};
 use regex::Regex;
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::io::Write;
@@ -25,13 +26,15 @@ pub enum MergeBehavior {
     Video,
 }
 
-fn parse_merge_behavior(s: &str) -> Result<MergeBehavior, String> {
-    Ok(match s.to_lowercase().as_str() {
-        "auto" => MergeBehavior::Auto,
-        "audio" => MergeBehavior::Audio,
-        "video" => MergeBehavior::Video,
-        _ => return Err(format!("'{}' is not a valid merge behavior", s)),
-    })
+impl MergeBehavior {
+    fn parse(s: &str) -> Result<MergeBehavior, String> {
+        Ok(match s.to_lowercase().as_str() {
+            "auto" => MergeBehavior::Auto,
+            "audio" => MergeBehavior::Audio,
+            "video" => MergeBehavior::Video,
+            _ => return Err(format!("'{}' is not a valid merge behavior", s)),
+        })
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, clap::Parser)]
@@ -87,9 +90,19 @@ pub struct Archive {
     Valid options are 'audio' (stores one video and all other languages as audio only), 'video' (stores the video + audio for every language) and 'auto' (detects if videos differ in length: if so, behave like 'video' else like 'audio')"
     )]
     #[arg(short, long, default_value = "auto")]
-    #[arg(value_parser = parse_merge_behavior)]
+    #[arg(value_parser = MergeBehavior::parse)]
     merge: MergeBehavior,
 
+    #[arg(help = format!("Presets for video converting. Can be used multiple times. \
+    Available presets: \n  {}", FFmpegPreset::all().into_iter().map(|p| format!("{}: {}", p.to_string(), p.description())).collect::<Vec<String>>().join("\n  ")))]
+    #[arg(long_help = format!("Presets for video converting. Can be used multiple times. \
+    Generally used to minify the file size with keeping (nearly) the same quality. \
+    It is recommended to only use this if you archive videos with high resolutions since low resolution videos tend to result in a larger file with any of the provided presets. \
+    Available presets: \n  {}", FFmpegPreset::all().into_iter().map(|p| format!("{}: {}", p.to_string(), p.description())).collect::<Vec<String>>().join("\n  ")))]
+    #[arg(long)]
+    #[arg(value_parser = FFmpegPreset::parse)]
+    ffmpeg_preset: Vec<FFmpegPreset>,
+
     #[arg(
         help = "Set which subtitle language should be set as default / auto shown when starting a video"
     )]
@@ -113,9 +126,18 @@ impl Execute for Archive {
     fn pre_check(&self) -> Result<()> {
         if !has_ffmpeg() {
             bail!("FFmpeg is needed to run this command")
-        } else if PathBuf::from(&self.output).extension().unwrap_or_default().to_string_lossy() != "mkv" {
+        } else if PathBuf::from(&self.output)
+            .extension()
+            .unwrap_or_default()
+            .to_string_lossy()
+            != "mkv"
+        {
             bail!("File extension is not '.mkv'. Currently only matroska / '.mkv' files are supported")
         }
+        let _ = FFmpegPreset::ffmpeg_presets(self.ffmpeg_preset.clone())?;
+        if self.ffmpeg_preset.len() == 1 && self.ffmpeg_preset.get(0).unwrap() == &FFmpegPreset::Nvidia {
+            warn!("Skipping 'nvidia' hardware acceleration preset since no other codec preset was specified")
+        }
 
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -276,9 +298,13 @@ impl Execute for Archive {
                     }
                 }
 
+                let (primary_video, _) = video_paths.get(0).unwrap();
+                let primary_video_length = get_video_length(primary_video.to_path_buf()).unwrap();
                 for subtitle in subtitles {
-                    subtitle_paths
-                        .push((download_subtitle(&self, subtitle.clone()).await?, subtitle))
+                    subtitle_paths.push((
+                        download_subtitle(&self, subtitle.clone(), primary_video_length).await?,
+                        subtitle,
+                    ))
                 }
 
                 generate_mkv(&self, path, video_paths, audio_paths, subtitle_paths)?
@@ -387,7 +413,9 @@ async fn download_video(ctx: &Context, format: &Format, only_audio: bool) -> Res
         .stdout(Stdio::null())
         .stderr(Stdio::piped())
         .arg("-y")
-        .args(["-f", "mpegts", "-i", "pipe:"])
+        .args(["-f", "mpegts"])
+        .args(["-i", "pipe:"])
+        .args(["-c", "copy"])
         .args(if only_audio { vec!["-vn"] } else { vec![] })
         .arg(path.to_str().unwrap())
         .spawn()?;
@@ -403,15 +431,20 @@ async fn download_video(ctx: &Context, format: &Format, only_audio: bool) -> Res
     Ok(path)
 }
 
-async fn download_subtitle(archive: &Archive, subtitle: StreamSubtitle) -> Result<TempPath> {
+async fn download_subtitle(
+    archive: &Archive,
+    subtitle: StreamSubtitle,
+    max_length: NaiveTime,
+) -> Result<TempPath> {
     let tempfile = tempfile(".ass")?;
     let (mut file, path) = tempfile.into_parts();
 
     let mut buf = vec![];
     subtitle.write_to(&mut buf).await?;
     if !archive.no_subtitle_optimizations {
-        buf = fix_subtitle(buf)
+        buf = fix_subtitle_look_and_feel(buf)
     }
+    buf = fix_subtitle_length(buf, max_length);
 
     file.write_all(buf.as_slice())?;
 
@@ -421,7 +454,7 @@ async fn download_subtitle(archive: &Archive, subtitle: StreamSubtitle) -> Resul
 /// Add `ScaledBorderAndShadows: yes` to subtitles; without it they look very messy on some video
 /// players. See [crunchy-labs/crunchy-cli#66](https://github.com/crunchy-labs/crunchy-cli/issues/66)
 /// for more information.
-fn fix_subtitle(raw: Vec<u8>) -> Vec<u8> {
+fn fix_subtitle_look_and_feel(raw: Vec<u8>) -> Vec<u8> {
     let mut script_info = false;
     let mut new = String::new();
 
@@ -439,6 +472,70 @@ fn fix_subtitle(raw: Vec<u8>) -> Vec<u8> {
     new.into_bytes()
 }
 
+/// Fix the length of subtitles to a specified maximum amount. This is required because sometimes
+/// subtitles have an unnecessary entry long after the actual video ends with artificially extends
+/// the video length on some video players. To prevent this, the video length must be hard set. See
+/// [crunchy-labs/crunchy-cli#32](https://github.com/crunchy-labs/crunchy-cli/issues/32) for more
+/// information.
+fn fix_subtitle_length(raw: Vec<u8>, max_length: NaiveTime) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let re =
+        Regex::new(r#"^Dialogue:\s\d+,(?P<start>\d+:\d+:\d+\.\d+),(?P<end>\d+:\d+:\d+\.\d+),"#)
+            .unwrap();
+
+    // chrono panics if we try to format NaiveTime with `%2f` and the nano seconds has more than 2
+    // digits so them have to be reduced manually to avoid the panic
+    fn format_naive_time(native_time: NaiveTime) -> String {
+        let formatted_time = native_time.format("%f").to_string();
+        format!(
+            "{}.{}",
+            native_time.format("%T"),
+            if formatted_time.len() <= 2 {
+                native_time.format("%2f").to_string()
+            } else {
+                formatted_time.split_at(2).0.parse().unwrap()
+            }
+        )
+    }
+
+    let length_as_string = format_naive_time(max_length);
+    let mut new = String::new();
+
+    for line in String::from_utf8_lossy(raw.as_slice()).split('\n') {
+        if let Some(capture) = re.captures(line) {
+            let start = capture.name("start").map_or(NaiveTime::default(), |s| {
+                NaiveTime::parse_from_str(s.as_str(), "%H:%M:%S.%f").unwrap()
+            });
+            let end = capture.name("end").map_or(NaiveTime::default(), |s| {
+                NaiveTime::parse_from_str(s.as_str(), "%H:%M:%S.%f").unwrap()
+            });
+
+            if start > max_length {
+                continue;
+            } else if end > max_length {
+                new.push_str(
+                    re.replace(
+                        line,
+                        format!(
+                            "Dialogue: {},{},",
+                            format_naive_time(start),
+                            &length_as_string
+                        ),
+                    )
+                    .to_string()
+                    .as_str(),
+                )
+            } else {
+                new.push_str(line)
+            }
+        } else {
+            new.push_str(line)
+        }
+        new.push('\n')
+    }
+
+    new.into_bytes()
+}
+
 fn generate_mkv(
     archive: &Archive,
     target: PathBuf,
@@ -450,8 +547,6 @@ fn generate_mkv(
     let mut maps = vec![];
     let mut metadata = vec![];
 
-    let mut video_length = (0, 0, 0, 0);
-
     for (i, (video_path, format)) in video_paths.iter().enumerate() {
         input.extend(["-i".to_string(), video_path.to_string_lossy().to_string()]);
         maps.extend(["-map".to_string(), i.to_string()]);
@@ -471,11 +566,6 @@ fn generate_mkv(
             format!("-metadata:s:a:{}", i),
             format!("title={}", format.audio.to_human_readable()),
         ]);
-
-        let vid_len = get_video_length(video_path.to_path_buf())?;
-        if vid_len > video_length {
-            video_length = vid_len
-        }
     }
     for (i, (audio_path, format)) in audio_paths.iter().enumerate() {
         input.extend(["-i".to_string(), audio_path.to_string_lossy().to_string()]);
@@ -508,7 +598,11 @@ fn generate_mkv(
         ]);
     }
 
+    let (input_presets, output_presets) =
+        FFmpegPreset::ffmpeg_presets(archive.ffmpeg_preset.clone())?;
+
     let mut command_args = vec!["-y".to_string()];
+    command_args.extend(input_presets);
     command_args.extend(input);
     command_args.extend(maps);
     command_args.extend(metadata);
@@ -528,9 +622,8 @@ fn generate_mkv(
         command_args.extend(["-disposition:s:0".to_string(), "0".to_string()])
     }
 
+    command_args.extend(output_presets);
     command_args.extend([
-        "-c".to_string(),
-        "copy".to_string(),
         "-f".to_string(),
         "matroska".to_string(),
         target.to_string_lossy().to_string(),
@@ -552,11 +645,11 @@ fn generate_mkv(
 
 /// Get the length of a video. This is required because sometimes subtitles have an unnecessary entry
 /// long after the actual video ends with artificially extends the video length on some video players.
-/// To prevent this, the video length must be hard set with ffmpeg. See
+/// To prevent this, the video length must be hard set. See
 /// [crunchy-labs/crunchy-cli#32](https://github.com/crunchy-labs/crunchy-cli/issues/32) for more
 /// information.
-fn get_video_length(path: PathBuf) -> Result<(u32, u32, u32, u32)> {
-    let video_length = Regex::new(r"Duration:\s?(\d+):(\d+):(\d+).(\d+),")?;
+fn get_video_length(path: PathBuf) -> Result<NaiveTime> {
+    let video_length = Regex::new(r"Duration:\s(?P<time>\d+:\d+:\d+\.\d+),")?;
 
     let ffmpeg = Command::new("ffmpeg")
         .stdout(Stdio::null())
@@ -567,10 +660,5 @@ fn get_video_length(path: PathBuf) -> Result<(u32, u32, u32, u32)> {
     let ffmpeg_output = String::from_utf8(ffmpeg.stderr)?;
     let caps = video_length.captures(ffmpeg_output.as_str()).unwrap();
 
-    Ok((
-        caps[1].parse()?,
-        caps[2].parse()?,
-        caps[3].parse()?,
-        caps[4].parse()?,
-    ))
+    Ok(NaiveTime::parse_from_str(caps.name("time").unwrap().as_str(), "%H:%M:%S%.f").unwrap())
 }
diff --git a/crunchy-cli-core/src/cli/download.rs b/crunchy-cli-core/src/cli/download.rs
index ddf45b3..f90355b 100644
--- a/crunchy-cli-core/src/cli/download.rs
+++ b/crunchy-cli-core/src/cli/download.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::cli::log::tab_info;
-use crate::cli::utils::{download_segments, find_resolution};
+use crate::cli::utils::{download_segments, FFmpegPreset, find_resolution};
 use crate::utils::context::Context;
 use crate::utils::format::{format_string, Format};
 use crate::utils::log::progress;
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use crunchyroll_rs::media::{Resolution, VariantData};
 use crunchyroll_rs::{
     Episode, Locale, Media, MediaCollection, Movie, MovieListing, Season, Series,
 };
-use log::{debug, error, info};
+use log::{debug, error, info, warn};
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
@@ -59,6 +59,16 @@ pub struct Download {
     #[arg(value_parser = crate::utils::clap::clap_parse_resolution)]
     resolution: Resolution,
 
+    #[arg(help = format!("Presets for video converting. Can be used multiple times. \
+    Available presets: \n  {}", FFmpegPreset::all().into_iter().map(|p| format!("{}: {}", p.to_string(), p.description())).collect::<Vec<String>>().join("\n  ")))]
+    #[arg(long_help = format!("Presets for video converting. Can be used multiple times. \
+    Generally used to minify the file size with keeping (nearly) the same quality. \
+    It is recommended to only use this if you download videos with high resolutions since low resolution videos tend to result in a larger file with any of the provided presets. \
+    Available presets: \n  {}", FFmpegPreset::all().into_iter().map(|p| format!("{}: {}", p.to_string(), p.description())).collect::<Vec<String>>().join("\n  ")))]
+    #[arg(long)]
+    #[arg(value_parser = FFmpegPreset::parse)]
+    ffmpeg_preset: Vec<FFmpegPreset>,
+
     #[arg(help = "Url(s) to Crunchyroll episodes or series")]
     urls: Vec<String>,
 }
@@ -75,6 +85,13 @@ impl Execute for Download {
             != "ts"
         {
             bail!("File extension is not '.ts'. If you want to use a custom file format, please install ffmpeg")
+        } else if !self.ffmpeg_preset.is_empty() {
+            bail!("FFmpeg is required to use (ffmpeg) presets")
+        }
+
+        let _ = FFmpegPreset::ffmpeg_presets(self.ffmpeg_preset.clone())?;
+        if self.ffmpeg_preset.len() == 1 && self.ffmpeg_preset.get(0).unwrap() == &FFmpegPreset::Nvidia {
+            warn!("Skipping 'nvidia' hardware acceleration preset since no other codec preset was specified")
         }
 
         Ok(())
@@ -211,8 +228,8 @@ impl Execute for Download {
                 tab_info!("Resolution: {}", format.stream.resolution);
                 tab_info!("FPS: {:.2}", format.stream.fps);
 
-                if path.extension().unwrap_or_default().to_string_lossy() != "ts" {
-                    download_ffmpeg(&ctx, format.stream, path.as_path()).await?;
+                if path.extension().unwrap_or_default().to_string_lossy() != "ts" || !self.ffmpeg_preset.is_empty() {
+                    download_ffmpeg(&ctx, &self, format.stream, path.as_path()).await?;
                 } else if path.to_str().unwrap() == "-" {
                     let mut stdout = std::io::stdout().lock();
                     download_segments(&ctx, &mut stdout, None, format.stream).await?;
@@ -227,15 +244,18 @@ impl Execute for Download {
     }
 }
 
-async fn download_ffmpeg(ctx: &Context, variant_data: VariantData, target: &Path) -> Result<()> {
+async fn download_ffmpeg(ctx: &Context, download: &Download, variant_data: VariantData, target: &Path) -> Result<()> {
+    let (input_presets, output_presets) =
+        FFmpegPreset::ffmpeg_presets(download.ffmpeg_preset.clone())?;
+
     let ffmpeg = Command::new("ffmpeg")
         .stdin(Stdio::piped())
         .stdout(Stdio::null())
         .stderr(Stdio::piped())
         .arg("-y")
+        .args(input_presets)
         .args(["-f", "mpegts", "-i", "pipe:"])
-        .args(["-safe", "0"])
-        .args(["-c", "copy"])
+        .args(output_presets)
         .arg(target.to_str().unwrap())
         .spawn()?;
 
diff --git a/crunchy-cli-core/src/cli/utils.rs b/crunchy-cli-core/src/cli/utils.rs
index 758636d..9b817e4 100644
--- a/crunchy-cli-core/src/cli/utils.rs
+++ b/crunchy-cli-core/src/cli/utils.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::utils::context::Context;
-use anyhow::Result;
+use anyhow::{bail, Result};
 use crunchyroll_rs::media::{Resolution, VariantData, VariantSegment};
 use isahc::AsyncReadResponseExt;
 use log::{debug, LevelFilter};
@@ -183,3 +183,124 @@ pub async fn download_segments(
 
     Ok(())
 }
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub enum FFmpegPreset {
+    Nvidia,
+
+    Av1,
+    H265,
+    H264,
+}
+
+impl ToString for FFmpegPreset {
+    fn to_string(&self) -> String {
+        match self {
+            &FFmpegPreset::Nvidia => "nvidia",
+            &FFmpegPreset::Av1 => "av1",
+            &FFmpegPreset::H265 => "h265",
+            &FFmpegPreset::H264 => "h264",
+        }
+            .to_string()
+    }
+}
+
+impl FFmpegPreset {
+    pub(crate) fn all() -> Vec<FFmpegPreset> {
+        vec![
+            FFmpegPreset::Nvidia,
+            FFmpegPreset::Av1,
+            FFmpegPreset::H265,
+            FFmpegPreset::H264,
+        ]
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn description(self) -> String {
+        match self {
+            FFmpegPreset::Nvidia => "If you're have a nvidia card, use hardware / gpu accelerated video processing if available",
+            FFmpegPreset::Av1 => "Encode the video(s) with the av1 codec. Hardware acceleration is currently not possible with this",
+            FFmpegPreset::H265 => "Encode the video(s) with the h265 codec",
+            FFmpegPreset::H264 => "Encode the video(s) with the h264 codec"
+        }.to_string()
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn parse(s: &str) -> Result<FFmpegPreset, String> {
+        Ok(match s.to_lowercase().as_str() {
+            "nvidia" => FFmpegPreset::Nvidia,
+            "av1" => FFmpegPreset::Av1,
+            "h265" | "h.265" | "hevc" => FFmpegPreset::H265,
+            "h264" | "h.264" => FFmpegPreset::H264,
+            _ => return Err(format!("'{}' is not a valid ffmpeg preset", s)),
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn ffmpeg_presets(mut presets: Vec<FFmpegPreset>) -> Result<(Vec<String>, Vec<String>)> {
+        fn preset_check_remove(presets: &mut Vec<FFmpegPreset>, preset: FFmpegPreset) -> bool {
+            if let Some(i) = presets.iter().position(|p| p == &preset) {
+                presets.remove(i);
+                true
+            } else {
+                false
+            }
+        }
+
+        let nvidia = preset_check_remove(&mut presets, FFmpegPreset::Nvidia);
+        if presets.len() > 1 {
+            bail!(
+                "Can only use one video codec, {} found: {}",
+                presets.len(),
+                presets
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|p| p.to_string())
+                    .collect::<Vec<String>>()
+                    .join(", ")
+            )
+        }
+
+        let (mut input, mut output) = (vec![], vec![]);
+        for preset in presets {
+            if nvidia {
+                match preset {
+                    FFmpegPreset::Av1 => bail!("'nvidia' hardware acceleration preset is not available in combination with the 'av1' codec preset"),
+                    FFmpegPreset::H265 => {
+                        input.extend(["-hwaccel", "cuvid", "-c:v", "h264_cuvid"]);
+                        output.extend(["-c:v", "hevc_nvenc"]);
+                    }
+                    FFmpegPreset::H264 => {
+                        input.extend(["-hwaccel", "cuvid", "-c:v", "h264_cuvid"]);
+                        output.extend(["-c:v", "h264_nvenc"]);
+                    }
+                    _ => ()
+                }
+            } else {
+                match preset {
+                    FFmpegPreset::Av1 => {
+                        output.extend(["-c:v", "libaom-av1"]);
+                    }
+                    FFmpegPreset::H265 => {
+                        output.extend(["-c:v", "libx265"]);
+                    }
+                    FFmpegPreset::H264 => {
+                        output.extend(["-c:v", "libx264"]);
+                    }
+                    _ => (),
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if input.is_empty() && output.is_empty() {
+            output.extend(["-c", "copy"])
+        } else {
+            if output.is_empty() {
+                output.extend(["-c", "copy"])
+            } else {
+                output.extend(["-c:a", "copy", "-c:s", "copy"])
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok((
+            input.into_iter().map(|i| i.to_string()).collect(),
+            output.into_iter().map(|o| o.to_string()).collect(),
+        ))
+    }
+}