For those who really want CRF or lossless encoding “directly” from TVAI, one solution is to use the CLI with modifications to pipe the “raw” output to a different ffmpeg (not from Topaz) which was built with libx264 or libx265. I’ve tried this as a test and can confirm it works successfully. Here is a link to my response in that regard to lossless (but the example applies to CRF or QP in general):
Thanks.
Andy