[MEncoder-users] Re: quicktime compatible mp4 using x264encopts?

[Rich Felker]

On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 06:32:25PM -0500, Jeff Clagg wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 04:59:31PM -0400, Rich Felker wrote:
> 
> > afaik bframes are default with x264. you need bframes=0 to disable
> > them, in which case x264 is hardly better than mpeg4.
> 
> Actually b-frames aren't used by default.
> 
> Otherwise, defaults when using libavcodec (-ovc lavc -lavcopts
> vcodec=x264) are completely different than when using x264 directly (-ovc
> x264...). Also -ovc x264 doesn't give you any way to set vglobal, which
> probably means you're generating illegal files when you use
> lavf to mux to mp4. I have no idea if that's the source of the problem.

yes, this is very likely...

rich