[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] synch to new x264 revision

[Loren Merritt]

On Fri, 24 Sep 2004, Guillaume POIRIER wrote:
> Le ven 24/09/2004 à 03:46, Jeff Clagg a écrit :
>> I think the default should be set to 250, or maybe even higher. The other
>> default that needs to be changed is cabac. It should be on by default,
>> and a "nocabac" flag should be available instead. These two changes will
>> improve quality for first-time users with no real downside.
>
> Unfortunately, it doesn't look like MEncoder's policy, or at least not
> the one of its devs. ;-)
>
> All codecs are by default fast, even if their maintainers dislike it.
> For example, I know that XviD devs would prefer some "basic" quality
> optimization on per default.
> I guess it should be the same for x264, just for consistency reasons.

In that case, you could also disable deblock. Like CABAC, it takes very 
little time compared to its quality gain, and I wouldn't recommend to ever 
disable it in a real encode.

--Loren Merritt