[MEncoder-users] h264 3-pass mode

[Guillaume POIRIER]

Hi,

On 1/16/07, The Wanderer <inverseparadox at comcast.net> wrote:
> Grozdan Nikolov wrote:
>
> > On Tuesday 16 January 2007 22:40, Justin Randall wrote:
>
> >> Again, these settings are there for YOU to choose, so do some
> >> research and decide what is best for you. Good luck.
> >
> > I see the second & third pass both have 'pass=3' is this a typo, or
> > is this the correct way to do it?
>
> Yes, it is.
>
> > I always thought it was 'pass=1' then 'pass=2' and finally 'pass=3'
>
> No. 'pass=2' is for when you will be doing exactly two passes. When you
> will be doing more than two passes, every pass except the first one
> should use 'pass=3'.

In fact, there's not really any need to encode last pass with pass=2.
If the result given with pass=3 suits you, then just hang on to it,
you don't have to do yet one more pass with pass=3.

Guillaume