[MEncoder-users] improving x264 encoding quality ?

[Pierre Catello]

2006/12/8, Guillaume POIRIER <poirierg at gmail.com>:

> >
> > for x264:
> > subq=6:frameref=15:8x8dct:bframes=3:b_pyramid:weight_b
>
> I don't see any bitrate here (while you put it in lavc list of
> options).

Yes I just put the other parameters, and the bitrate I mentionned for
lavc is not the correct one (copy/paste mistake). I double-checked,
and for both lavc and x264, the bitrate was set to 1500 kbs.

>  Maybe you forgot to copy it here, but just in case, you may
> want to check that your actual commandline has bitrate option set
> correctly.


> The section of the doc that says that deblocking settings should not
> be changed is bogus. It should be changed someday.
> To preserve the maximum of details, provided that you throw prenty of
> bandwidth at the encode, you can safely set deblocking to -6,-6.
> I'd suggest trying -3,-3 before trying -6,-6 though.

Ok, thanks for the clarification I will try to reduce the filter to
see if it helps...

Pierre