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

[Rich Felker]

On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 10:40:09AM -0700, Jon Drukman wrote:
> Rich Felker wrote:
> >>this doesn't:
> >>
> >>$bin $1 -ffourcc h264 -ovc x264 \
> >>-x264encopts 
> >>subq=6:4x4mv:8x8dct:me=3:frameref=5:bframes=3:b_pyramid:weight_b:bitrate=$bitrate 
> >>\
> >>-of lavf -lavfopts 
> >>format=mp4:i_certify_that_my_video_stream_does_not_use_b_frames \
> >>-oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=aac  -ofps 30000/1001 -o test264.mp4 -frames 
> >>300
> >
> >Do you really fail to see the irony of the above command line??
> >Of course it won't work because you told it a lie.
> 
> it doesn't work if i take out bframes=3 either.  sorry i didn't spot 
> that earlier.

afaik bframes are default with x264. you need bframes=0 to disable
them, in which case x264 is hardly better than mpeg4.

rich