“Constant Rate Factor. Lower number = higher quality. 18 is burp visually lossless. I’m not gonna make my daughter a pixelated mess. That’s what Jerry is for.” Later – Beth #27 glitches, repeats “I love you dad” in a 3-second loop

Here’s a creative, script-style piece inspired by Rick and Morty S03E09 (“The ABC’s of Beth”), reimagined as if Rick needed to use to solve a multiverse cloning glitch. Rick and Morty – S03E09: “The ffmpeg Fission Cipher” Cold Open – Smith Household Garage

“Goddammit. Corrupted reference frames. Morty, hand me the ffprobe .”

“Why do you keep software in your—never mind. Here.”

ffprobe -v error -show_frames clone_beth_27.mkv | grep pict_type “Look at that. All I-frames, no P or B frames. No prediction, no compression. That’s not a clone, Morty. That’s a burp narcissistic self-portrait. Beth encoded herself as an all-intra video stream. Classic narcissist move.”