[MEncoder-users] divx v's x264

[RC]

On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 21:05:33 +1000
Alex Samad <alex at samad.com.au> wrote:

> > Also, doing postprocessing before encoding is basically always
> > nonsense.
> could you explain please 

Postprocessing adds noise (blur) to the video to mask blocking.  That,
however, makes it harder for the next codec to compress, and assuming a
limited bitrate (which you're using), will make blocking in the encoded
file worse.