[FFmpeg-user] Lossless x264

[dE .]

On 01/16/12 06:53, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
> dE .<de.techno<at>  gmail.com>  writes:
>
>> If I specify a high bitrate in order to ensure lossless quality, the
> "high bitrate" and "lossless" are not compatible (you cannot specify a bitrate
> for lossless).
>
>> bitrate becomes really high even for videos at horrible quality. The
>> results -->  original is larger than encoded.
>>
>> So my question here is -- is there anyway to get lossless, yet with good
>> sizes (i.e. I'm asking for efficiency here). mpeg4 appears to do this.
> Note that the mpeg4 ASP specification does not support lossless.
>
> Carl Eugen
>

Ok, close to lossless? Such that the end user wont see much of a difference.