[MEncoder-users] capture: synchronization problems

[RC]

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 09:27:58 -0800 (PST)
Kyle Schmitt <azephrahel at yahoo.com> wrote:

> mjpeg faster than mpeg2 or mpeg4,
> with mpeg2 and mpeg4 being very very close in speed. 
> I timed it going to /dev/null and going to an avi.

You didn't show what options you used...  Did you use keyint=1 with MPEG2/4 as I did, to make it comparable to MJPEG?

> mjpeg had significant
> artifacting where the mpeg2video and mpeg4 did not. 

Yes, that's been my experience with mjpeg as well.

Plus, if you are going to re-encode to MPEG2/4 later, it's better to stick with a codec in the same family.