[MEncoder-users] High quality encoding of anime

[Rich Felker]

On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 09:23:14AM -0700, Jean Hoderd wrote:
> > 
> > I would second that emphatically. Don't scale at all and
> > you will get much better results.
> > 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I scaled down because I noticed block artifacts in the
> unscaled version.  As a matter of fact, I still notice
> some blocks even at 640x480.  Perhaps I am doing something
> very wrong with my lavc and xvid options, in which case
> your help would be appreciated.

Yes, you're encoding blended interlaced frames rather than performing
inverse telecine. This will waste a HUGE amount of bitrate.

Rich