[MEncoder-users] Call for video encoding settings

[Guillaume POIRIER]

Hello folks,
I'd like to add some encoding settings examples in our HTML
documentation. Those settings off course highly depend on personal
preferences, so highlighting a certain encoding setting as "very high
quality", "high quality", "fast", and "realtime" won't probably make
everyone happy, but I guess it'll still be better than having nothing.

Here is what I propose (for lavc MPEG-4, XviD and x264, but I'm also
interested in MPEG-2, wmv... settings, also long as it's supported by
MEncoder off course).

 * Very High Quality:
lacv: ?
XviD:
chroma_opt:vhq=4:bvhq=1:gmc:quant_type=mpeg
x264:
subq=6:4x4mv:8x8dct:me=3:frameref=5:bframes=3:b_pyramid:weight_b

 * High quality:
lavc:
vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:trell:v4mv:last_pred=2:dia=-1:vmax_b_frames=1:cmp=3:subcmp=3:precmp=0:vqcomp=0.6:turbo
XviD:
vhq=2:bvhq=1:psnr:chroma_opt:quant_type=mpeg
x264:
subq=5:4x4mv:8x8dct:frameref=2:bframes=3:b_pyramid:weight_b

 * Fast:
lavc:
vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:trell:v4mv
XviD:
-- (default)
x264:
subq=4:bframes=2:b_pyramid:weight_b

  * Realtime:
lavc:
vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:turbo
XviD:
turbo:nochroma_me:notrellis:max_bframes=0:vhq=0
x264:
(irrevelant)

Guillaume
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