[MEncoder-users] Scaling quality

[Grozdan]

On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 12:23 AM, Steven Miller <srmj.ml at gmail.com> wrote:

> I apologize for the delay. Could you please further explain "MEncoder is
> not an actively maintained application"?
>
> thanks much
>

No one works on MEncoder anymore. It's kept around because there are still
people using it (like me :p)


>
>
> On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 7:53 AM, Carl Eugen Hoyos <cehoyos at ag.or.at>
> wrote:
>
> > Steven Miller <srmj.ml <at> gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > > I understand that any rescaling takes a toll on
> > > quality. Is the quality hit harder on the 'x' or
> > > 'y' axis. I guess in other words, is it better to
> > > rescale on one than the other?
> >
> > I don't know.
> > There are different scaler algorithms available which
> > provide different quality (and speed), see the -sws
> > option in the manual.
> >
> > You do realize that MEncoder is not an actively
> > maintained application? FFmpeg contains the same
> > scaler (with the same algorithms) and is actively
> > maintained.
> >
> > Carl Eugen
> >
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