[Ffmpeg-devel] Differences between mencoder andffmpegwhenencoding using x264

[Robert Swain]

On Tuesday 21 February 2006 11:06, Luca Abeni wrote:

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> If libavcodec/x264.c screamed, telling me that I was using the wrong
> command line option, that would have saved me a lot of time.
> Same for the "-loop" option: if it is not selected, libavcodec/x264.c
> should complain (maybe printing a warning like "WARNING: In-Loop
> Deblocking filter not selected, so good quality cannot be expected"), so
> that I know that I'm doing something wrong... This will surely save a
> lot of time to future users :)

If increased verbosity is acceptable by the FFmpeg devs as a temporary 
solution then I am happy to make a verbose patch regarding the x264 settings.

Rob