[MPlayer-users] Encoding problems / tips needed

Nico Sabbi nsabbi at tiscali.it
Mon Aug 2 22:27:11 CEST 2004


Il lun, 2004-08-02 alle 20:42, JiHO ha scritto:
> Nico Sabbi wrote:
> > I used to think that xvid produced better results in this regard, but it 
> > doesn't (especially if you watch on a TV).
> > I never even saw a visible difference between vhq=0/1/2, so you may save 
> > all that time.
> 
> encoding in XviD I was using these options:
> -xvidencopts 
> bitrate=980:qpel:gmc:chroma_me:chroma_opt:hq_ac:vhq=4:autoaspect:pass=1
> 
> on a one minute test in the middle of the movie, XviD seemed to perform 
> better than lavc but now I'm watching the first 10 minutes and there's 
> no noticeable difference with lavc, appart that it is 10 times longer to 
> encode! maybe I tested on a part where XviD algorithm was more suited.
> I'll probably stick to lavc (which is be better for my laptop's 
> temperature and for my patience) but just by curiosity and desire of 
> completeness, what do you think of theses XviD encoding options? do you 
> know others that provide quality with less expanse of time?
> 
> thank you for your help.

they are supposedly the best, but gmc is almost never compatible with
standalone players, and vhq=4 encodes at least 4x times slower.
As I wrote, vhq=0 looks the same to me, and is much faster




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