[MEncoder-users] Fwd: Questions on Mencoder performace

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On Tue, 6 Jun 2006 08:26:54 -0700
Phil Ehrens <phil at slug.org> wrote:

> I've done pretty extensive testing of nr, and 1000 has not been too
> much on very clean dvd source, very noisy dvd source, or any dvd
> source at all.

I've done rather extensive testing myself.

After about 600, video starts getting noticably blocky, particularly in
dark scenes, clouds, etc.  And as you get to about 600, the PSNR
stops increasing, and starts decreasing.

I find 300 is close to the best default.