[MEncoder-users] new doom9 codec comparission (submission)

[Michael Niedermayer]

Hi

On Sat, Dec 10, 2005 at 04:49:06PM -0800, Corey Hickey wrote:
> Doom9 Feedback Hotline wrote:
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> >>Without being able to test your source directly, I would suggest using
> >>vqscale=1.5 instead of vqscale=2.15. Don't take that to be my final
> >>answer, though; I'm hoping to get some insight from other people on
> >>mencoder-users. vqscale=1.5 is based on looking at a graph I have of
> >>quantizer vs bitrate for snow, and erring on the low side (1.8 is my
> >>closest guess, but 1.5 should be safe).
> > 
> > 
> > Well, you can use AviSynth with Wine, and decode the AviSynth script via 
> > avs2yuv.. I think dgindex also works on Linux if you don't have a windows 
> > box to test.
> 
> I would try to do that, but I really don't have time right now... :(
> I'll see if I can tomorrow, but it might be too late for you.

i would guess that lmin was too large, though its not clear how it could
have worked for corey ...

Note, ratecontrol support for snow was added by loren meritt IIRC

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Michael