[MPlayer-users] After updating - Faster encode, lower quality

[Krzysztof Duchnowski]

andrew at WARnux.com pisze:

>>> I've been using x264 to encode videos now for months.  Encoding a full
>>> length movie used to take about 11 hrs and the quality was splendid.  I
>>> built the latest mplayer/mencoder and x264 a few days ago and now my 
>>> encodes only take about 4 hours but the quality is degraded.  What 
>>> really confuses me is that I didn't change my command line parameters 
>>> at all.
>>>
>>> How is this possible?
>> Did you used CRF mode?
>> If yes then for month now (or two) CRF mode not reflect QP anymore but 
>> instead it is a "Quality factor" and thus considerable good quality 
>> you could achieve is with CRF in 18-21 range.
>>
> Yes, CRF mode.  Was this a change in x264 or a change in mencoder?  
> Anyone know what r number?

I don't use the MEncoder - it is x264 issue thought.

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