diff --git a/aliases b/aliases
index 61786b2..27330db 100644
--- a/aliases
+++ b/aliases
@@ -228,6 +228,14 @@ dl_twitch_vid() {
         local name_format="%(upload_date)s-shortname-twitch-%(id)s"
     fi
 
+    # Download Twitch chat transcript
+    local chat_file=$(youtube-dl.exe --get-filename -o "$name_format" $url)
+    rechat.exe -d $url "$chat_file.json"
+    rechat.exe -p "$chat_file.json" "$chat_file.txt" -b -o
+    mv "$chat_file.txt" "${chat_file:0:4}-${chat_file:4:2}-${chat_file:6}.txt"
+    rm "$chat_file.json"
+
+    # Download the video.
     local filename=$(youtube-dl.exe --get-filename -o "$name_format.%(ext)s" $url)
     filename="${filename:0:4}-${filename:4:2}-${filename:6}"
 
@@ -235,13 +243,6 @@ dl_twitch_vid() {
 
     error=$?
     if [[ $error -eq 0 ]]; then
-        # Download Twitch chat transcript
-        local chat_file=$(youtube-dl.exe --get-filename -o "$name_format" $url)
-        rechat.exe -d $url "$chat_file.json"
-        rechat.exe -p "$chat_file.json" "$chat_file.txt" -b -o
-        mv "$chat_file.txt" "${chat_file:0:4}-${chat_file:4:2}-${chat_file:6}.txt"
-        rm "$chat_file.json"
-
         if [[ $compression_level -ne 0 ]]; then
             compress-video "$filename" $compression_level "temp"
             extension="${filename##*.}"
@@ -549,33 +550,35 @@ alias yt-audio='youtube-dl.exe -f "140"'
 alias yt-and-hflip='dl_youtube_vid_and_hflip "137+140"' # 1080p
 alias ig-download-and-hflip='dl_instagram_vid_and_hflip '
 
+compression_quality=27 # 27 for gpu; 25 for cpu
+
 alias tw='dl_twitch_vid "1080p" 0 0'
-alias tw-compressed='dl_twitch_vid "1080p" 0 25'
+alias tw-compressed='dl_twitch_vid "1080p" 0 $compression_quality'
 alias tw-shortname='dl_twitch_vid "1080p" 1 0'
-alias tw-shortname-compressed='dl_twitch_vid "1080p" 1 25'
+alias tw-shortname-compressed='dl_twitch_vid "1080p" 1 $compression_quality'
 alias tw-custom='dl_twitch_vid '
 alias tw-chat='dl_twitch_chat'
 
 alias tw-1080='dl_twitch_vid "1080" 0 0'
-alias tw-1080-compressed='dl_twitch_vid "1080" 0 25'
+alias tw-1080-compressed='dl_twitch_vid "1080" 0 $compression_quality'
 alias tw-1080-shortname='dl_twitch_vid "1080" 1 0'
-alias tw-1080-shortname-compressed='dl_twitch_vid "1080" 1 25'
+alias tw-1080-shortname-compressed='dl_twitch_vid "1080" 1 $compression_quality'
 
-alias tw-60='dl_twitch_vid "1080p60" 0 0'
-alias tw-60-compressed='dl_twitch_vid "1080p60" 0 25'
-alias tw-60-shortname='dl_twitch_vid "1080p60" 1 0'
-alias tw-60-shortname-compressed='dl_twitch_vid "1080p60" 1 25'
+alias tw-1080p60='dl_twitch_vid "1080p60" 0 0'
+alias tw-1080p60-compressed='dl_twitch_vid "1080p60" 0 $compression_quality'
+alias tw-1080p60-shortname='dl_twitch_vid "1080p60" 1 0'
+alias tw-1080p60-shortname-compressed='dl_twitch_vid "1080p60" 1 $compression_quality'
 
 alias tw-720='dl_twitch_vid "720p" 0 0'
-alias tw-720-compressed='dl_twitch_vid "720p-1" 0 25'
+alias tw-720-compressed='dl_twitch_vid "720p-1" 0 $compression_quality'
 alias tw-720-shortname='dl_twitch_vid "720p-1" 1 0'
 alias tw-720-60='dl_twitch_vid "720p60" 0 0'
 alias tw-720-60-shortname='dl_twitch_vid "720p60" 1 0'
 
 alias tw-4k='dl_twitch_vid "2160p" 0 0'
-alias tw-4k-compressed='dl_twitch_vid "2160p" 0 25'
+alias tw-4k-compressed='dl_twitch_vid "2160p" 0 $compression_quality'
 alias tw-4k-shortname='dl_twitch_vid "2160p" 1 0'
-alias tw-4k-shortname-compressed='dl_twitch_vid "2160p" 1 25'
+alias tw-4k-shortname-compressed='dl_twitch_vid "2160p" 1 $compression_quality'
 
 alias tw-source='dl_twitch_vid "Source" 0 0'
 
diff --git a/bin/compress-video b/bin/compress-video
index d923a0d..b92ddfc 100644
--- a/bin/compress-video
+++ b/bin/compress-video
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ filename="${filename%.*}"
 
 use_crf=$2
 default_crf=25 # Programming vids have pretty crisp text @ crf 25.
-
 output_name="$3"
+use_cpu=$4
 
 function encode() {
     crf=$1
@@ -46,7 +46,14 @@ function encode() {
     fi
 
     printf "\n${YELLOW}${BOLD}Encoding '$filename.$extension' with CRF $crf | output: $output${NORMAL}\n"
-    ffmpeg -i "$filename.$extension" -c:v libx264 -crf $crf -preset veryfast -profile:v baseline -level 3.0 -strict -2 "$output"
+
+    if [[ $use_cpu -eq 1 ]]; then
+        ffmpeg -i "$filename.$extension" -c:v libx264 -crf $crf -preset veryfast -profile:v baseline -level 3.0 -strict -2 "$output"
+    else
+        # File will be slightly larger than CPU encoding, but it's much faster to transcode and doesn't max out the CPU cores.
+        ffmpeg -y -vsync 0 -hwaccel cuvid -c:v h264_cuvid -i "$filename.$extension" -c:a copy -c:v h264_nvenc \
+            -profile:v high -rc:v vbr_hq -cq:v $crf -b:v 5M -maxrate 5M -max_muxing_queue_size 9999 "$output"
+    fi
     printf "\n${GREEN}${BOLD}Done encoding '$filename.$extension' with CRF $crf${NORMAL}\n\n"
 }