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248 </para></listitem>
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272 and identify the pattern, if you cannot see it at full speed.
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279 <title>Constant quantizer vs. multipass</title>
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286 Furthermore, all but the longest movies can be encoded with near-perfect
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287 quality at 1400 MB.
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288 </para>
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292 (CBR), constant quantizer, and multipass (ABR, or average bitrate).
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298 Modern video encoders can adjust to these needs as they go and vary
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299 the bitrate.
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305 above.
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306 </para>
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312 <systemitem class="library">XviD</systemitem>
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313 and <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> support
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314 multipass, which slightly improves quality at each pass,
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315 yet this improvement is no longer measurable nor noticeable after the
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316 4th or so pass.
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324 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>)
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326 quantizer to each macroblock. The lower the quantizer, the better the
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328 The method the movie encoder uses to determine
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329 which quantizer to use for a given macroblock varies and is highly
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330 tunable. (This is an extreme over-simplification of the actual
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331 process, but the basic concept is useful to understand.)
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332 </para>
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338 lower than the given bitrate. If you truly do not care about file size,
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340 practice, this means a value high enough so that it poses no limit, like
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345 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>, which is 2 by default).
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348 is forced to use a higher quantizer, then you are almost certainly ruining
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349 the quality of your video.
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350 In order to avoid that, you should probably downscale your video, according
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355 <para>
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358 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>), on every macroblock.
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360 you can use <option>vqscale=2</option>.
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361 This will yield the same bitrate and PSNR (peak signal-to-noise ratio)
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362 as CBR with
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363 <option>vbitrate</option>=infinity and the default <option>vqmin</option>
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368 The problem with constant quantizing is that it uses the given quantizer
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369 whether the macroblock needs it or not. That is, it might be possible
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370 to use a higher quantizer on a macroblock without sacrificing visual
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371 quality. Why waste the bits on an unnecessarily low quantizer? Your
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372 CPU has as many cycles as there is time, but there is only so many bits
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373 on your hard disk.
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374 </para>
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377 With a two pass encode, the first pass will rip the movie as though it
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885 <entry>L</entry>
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886 <entry>L</entry>
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887 <entry>L</entry>
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888 <entry>L</entry>
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889 </row>
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895 As you can see, the pattern does not repeat until after 4 lines.
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896 So for interlaced video, your y-offset and height for cropping must
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897 be multiples of 4.
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898 </para>
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899
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901 Native DVD resolution is 720x480 for NTSC, and 720x576 for PAL, but
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902 there is an aspect flag that specifies whether it is full-screen (4:3) or
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903 wide-screen (16:9). Many (if not most) widescreen DVDs are not strictly
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904 16:9, and will be either 1.85:1 or 2.35:1 (cinescope). This means that
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905 there will be black bands in the video that will need to be cropped out.
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909 <application>MPlayer</application> provides a crop detection filter that
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910 will determine the crop rectangle (<option>-vf cropdetect</option>).
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911 Run <application>MPlayer</application> with
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912 <option>-vf cropdetect</option> and it will print out the crop
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913 settings to remove the borders.
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914 You should let the movie run long enough that the whole picture
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915 area is used, in order to get accurate crop values.
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916 </para>
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917
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918 <para>
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919 Then, test the values you get with <application>MPlayer</application>,
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920 using the command line which was printed by
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921 <option>cropdetect</option>, and adjust the rectangle as needed.
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922 The <option>rectangle</option> filter can help by allowing you to
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923 interactively position the crop rectangle over your movie.
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924 Remember to follow the above divisibility guidelines so that you
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925 do not misalign the chroma planes.
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926 </para>
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927
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928 <para>
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929 In certain cases, scaling may be undesirable.
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930 Scaling in the vertical direction is difficult with interlaced
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931 video, and if you wish to preserve the interlacing, you should
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932 usually refrain from scaling.
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933 If you will not be scaling but you still want to use multiple-of-16
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934 dimensions, you will have to overcrop.
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935 Do not undercrop, since black borders are very bad for encoding!
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936 </para>
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937
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938 <para>
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939 Because MPEG-4 uses 16x16 macroblocks, you will want to make sure that each
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940 dimension of the video you are encoding is a multiple of 16 or else you
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941 will be degrading quality, especially at lower bitrates. You can do this
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942 by rounding the width and height of the crop rectangle down to the nearest
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943 multiple of 16.
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944 As stated earlier, when cropping, you will want to increase the Y offset by
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945 half the difference of the old and the new height so that the resulting
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946 video is taken from the center of the frame. And because of the way DVD
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947 video is sampled, make sure the offset is an even number. (In fact, as a
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948 rule, never use odd values for any parameter when you are cropping and
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949 scaling video.) If you are not comfortable throwing a few extra pixels
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950 away, you might prefer instead to scale the video instead. We will look
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951 at this in our example below.
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952 You can actually let the <option>cropdetect</option> filter do all of the
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953 above for you, as it has an optional <option>round</option> parameter that
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954 is equal to 16 by default.
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955 </para>
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956
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957 <para>
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958 Also, be careful about "half black" pixels at the edges. Make sure you
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959 crop these out too, or else you will be wasting bits there that
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960 are better spent elsewhere.
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961 </para>
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962
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963 <para>
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964 After all is said and done, you will probably end up with video whose pixels
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965 are not quite 1.85:1 or 2.35:1, but rather something close to that. You
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966 could calculate the new aspect ratio manually, but
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967 <application>MEncoder</application> offers an option for <systemitem
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968 class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> called <option>autoaspect</option>
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969 that will do this for you. Absolutely do not scale this video up in order to
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970 square the pixels unless you like to waste your hard disk space. Scaling
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971 should be done on playback, and the player will use the aspect stored in
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972 the AVI to determine the correct resolution.
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973 Unfortunately, not all players enforce this auto-scaling information,
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974 therefore you may still want to rescale.
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975 </para>
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976 </sect2>
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979 <sect2 id="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-resolution-bitrate">
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980 <title>Choosing resolution and bitrate</title>
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981
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982 <para>
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983 If you will not be encoding in constant quantizer mode, you need to
c1dd920e736c New item: "Choosing resolution and bitrate", from Rich's encoding guide
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984 select a bitrate.
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985 The concept of bitrate is quite simple.
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986 It is the (average) number of bits that will be consumed to store your
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987 movie, per second.
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988 Normally bitrate is measured in kilobits (1000 bits) per second.
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989 The size of your movie on disk is the bitrate times the length of the
c1dd920e736c New item: "Choosing resolution and bitrate", from Rich's encoding guide
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990 movie in time, plus a small amount of "overhead" (see the section on
c1dd920e736c New item: "Choosing resolution and bitrate", from Rich's encoding guide
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991 <link linkend="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-muxing-avi-limitations">the AVI container</link>
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992 for instance).
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993 Other parameters such as scaling, cropping, etc. will
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994 <emphasis role="bold">not</emphasis> alter the file size unless you
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995 change the bitrate as well!.
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996 </para>
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997 <para>
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998 Bitrate does <emphasis role="bold">not</emphasis> scale proportionally
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999 to resolution.
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1000 That is to say, a 320x240 file at 200 kbit/sec will not be the same
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1001 quality as the same movie at 640x480 and 800 kbit/sec!
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1002 There are two reasons for this:
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1003 <orderedlist>
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1004 <listitem><para>
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1005 <emphasis role="bold">Perceptual</emphasis>: You notice MPEG
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1006 artifacts more if they are scaled up bigger!
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1007 Artifacts appear on the scale of blocks (8x8).
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1008 Your eye will not see errors in 4800 small blocks as easily as it
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1009 sees errors in 1200 large blocks (assuming you will be scaling both
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1010 to fullscreen).
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1011 </para></listitem>
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1012 <listitem><para>
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1013 <emphasis role="bold">Theoretical</emphasis>: When you scale down
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1014 an image but still use the same size (8x8) blocks for the frequency
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1015 space transform, you move more data to the high frequency bands.
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1016 Roughly speaking, each pixel contains more of the detail than it
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1017 did before.
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1018 So even though your scaled-down picture contains 1/4 the information
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1019 in the spacial directions, it could still contain a large portion
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1020 of the information in the frequency domain (assuming that the high
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1021 frequencies were underutilized in the original 640x480 image).
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1022 </para></listitem>
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1023 </orderedlist>
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1024 </para>
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1025 <para>
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1026 Past guides have recommended choosing a bitrate and resolution based
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1027 on a "bits per pixel" approach, but this is usually not valid due to
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1028 the above reasons.
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1029 A better estimate seems to be that bitrates scale proportional to the
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1030 square root of resolution, so that 320x240 and 400 kbit/sec would be
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1031 comparable to 640x480 at 800 kbit/sec.
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1032 However this has not been verified with theoretical or empirical
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1033 rigor.
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1034 Further, given that movies vary greatly with regard to noise, detail,
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28f3faf22115 Avoid short forms and libavcodec should not the that much singled out
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1035 degree of motion, etc., it is futile to make general recommendations
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1036 for bits per length-of-diagonal (the analog of bits per pixel,
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1037 using the square root).
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1038 </para>
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1039 <para>
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1040 So far we have discussed the difficulty of choosing a bitrate and
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1041 resolution.
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1042 </para>
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1043
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1044
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1045 <sect3 id="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-resolution-bitrate-compute">
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1046 <title>Computing the resolution</title>
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1047 <para>
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1048 The following steps will guide you in computing the resolution of your
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1049 encode without distorting the video too much, by taking into account several
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1050 types of information about the source video.
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1051 First, you should compute the encoded aspect ratio:
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1052 <systemitem>ARc = (Wc x (ARa / PRdvd )) / Hc</systemitem>
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1053 <itemizedlist>
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1054 <title>where:</title>
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1055 <listitem><para>
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1056 Wc and Hc are the width and height of the cropped video,
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1057 </para></listitem>
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1058 <listitem><para>
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1059 ARa is the displayed aspect ratio, which usually is 4/3 or 16/9,
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1060 </para></listitem>
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1061 <listitem><para>
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1062 PRdvd is the pixel ratio of the DVD which is equal to 1.25=(720/576) for PAL
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1063 DVDs and 1.5=(720/480) for NTSC DVDs,
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1064 </para></listitem>
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1065 </itemizedlist>
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1066 </para>
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1067
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1068 <para>
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1069 Then, you can compute the X and Y resolution, according to a certain
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1070 Compression Quality (CQ) factor:
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1071 <systemitem>ResY = INT(SQRT( 1000*Bitrate/25/ARc/CQ )/16) * 16</systemitem>
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1072 and
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1073 <systemitem>ResX = INT( ResY * ARc / 16) * 16</systemitem>
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1074 </para>
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1075
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1076 <para>
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1077 Okay, but what is the CQ?
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1078 The CQ represents the number of bits per pixel and per frame of the encode.
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1079 Roughly speaking, the greater the CQ, the less the likelihood to see
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1080 encoding artifacts.
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1081 However, if you have a target size for your movie (1 or 2 CDs for instance),
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1082 there is a limited total number of bits that you can spend; therefore it is
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1083 necessary to find a good tradeoff between compressibility and quality.
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1084 </para>
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1085
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1086 <para>
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1087 The CQ depends on the bitrate, the video codec efficiency and the
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1088 movie resolution.
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1089 In order to raise the CQ, typically you would downscale the movie given that the
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1090 bitrate is computed in function of the target size and the length of the
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1091 movie, which are constant.
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1092 With MPEG-4 ASP codecs such as <systemitem class="library">XviD</systemitem>
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1093 and <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>, a CQ below 0.18
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1094 usually results in a pretty blocky picture, because there
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1095 are not enough bits to code the information of each macroblock. (MPEG4, like
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1096 many other codecs, groups pixels by blocks of several pixels to compress the
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1097 image; if there are not enough bits, the edges of those blocks are
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1098 visible.)
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1099 It is therefore wise to take a CQ ranging from 0.20 to 0.22 for a 1 CD rip,
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1100 and 0.26-0.28 for 2 CDs rip with standard encoding options.
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1101 More advanced encoding options such as those listed here for
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1102 <link linkend="menc-feat-mpeg4-lavc-example-settings"><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem></link>
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1103 and
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1104 <link linkend="menc-feat-xvid-example-settings"><systemitem class="library">XviD</systemitem></link>
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1105 should make it possible to get the same quality with CQ ranging from
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1106 0.18 to 0.20 for a 1 CD rip, and 0.24 to 0.26 for a 2 CD rip.
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1107 With MPEG-4 ASP codecs such as <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem>,
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1108 you can use a CQ ranging from 0.14 to 0.16 with standard encoding options,
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1109 and should be able to go as low as 0.10 to 0.12 with
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1110 <link linkend="menc-feat-x264-example-settings"><systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem>'s advanced encoding settings</link>.
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1111 </para>
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1112
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1113 <para>
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1114 Please take note that the CQ is just an indicative figure, as depending on
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1115 the encoded content, a CQ of 0.18 may look just fine for a Bergman, contrary
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1116 to a movie such as The Matrix, which contains many high-motion scenes.
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1117 On the other hand, it is worthless to raise CQ higher than 0.30 as you would
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1118 be wasting bits without any noticeable quality gain.
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1119 Also note that as mentioned earlier in this guide, low resolution videos
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1120 need a bigger CQ (compared to, for instance, DVD resolution) to look good.
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1121 </para>
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1122 </sect3>
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1123
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1124 </sect2>
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1125
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1126 <sect2 id="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-filtering">
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1127 <title>Filtering</title>
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1128
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1129 <para>
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1130 Learning how to use <application>MEncoder</application>'s video filters
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1131 is essential to producing good encodes.
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1132 All video processing is performed through the filters -- cropping,
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1133 scaling, color adjustment, noise removal, sharpening, deinterlacing,
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1134 telecine, inverse telecine, and deblocking, just to name a few.
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1135 Along with the vast number of supported input formats, the variety of
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1136 filters available in <application>MEncoder</application> is one of its
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1137 main advantages over other similar programs.
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1138 </para>
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1139
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1140 <para>
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1141 Filters are loaded in a chain using the -vf option:
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1142
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1143 <screen>-vf filter1=options,filter2=options,...</screen>
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1144
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1145 Most filters take several numeric options separated by colons, but
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1146 the syntax for options varies from filter to filter, so read the man
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1147 page for details on the filters you wish to use.
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1148 </para>
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1149
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1150 <para>
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1151 Filters operate on the video in the order they are loaded.
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1152 For example, the following chain:
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1153
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1154 <screen>-vf crop=688:464:12:4,scale=640:464</screen>
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1155
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1156 will first crop the 688x464 region of the picture with upper-left
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1157 corner at (12,4), and then scale the result down to 640x464.
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1158 </para>
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1159
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1160 <para>
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1161 Certain filters need to be loaded at or near the beginning of the
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1162 filter chain, in order to take advantage of information from the
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1163 video decoder that will be lost or invalidated by other filters.
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1164 The principal examples are <option>pp</option> (postprocessing, only
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1165 when it is performing deblock or dering operations),
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1166 <option>spp</option> (another postprocessor to remove MPEG artifacts),
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1167 <option>pullup</option> (inverse telecine), and
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1168 <option>softpulldown</option> (for converting soft telecine to hard
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1169 telecine).
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1170 </para>
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1171
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1172 <para>
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1173 In general, you want to do as little filtering as possible to the movie
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1174 in order to remain close to the original DVD source. Cropping is often
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1175 necessary (as described above), but avoid to scale the video. Although
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1176 scaling down is sometimes preferred to using higher quantizers, we want
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1177 to avoid both these things: remember that we decided from the start to
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1178 trade bits for quality.
16080
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1179 </para>
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1180
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1181 <para>
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1182 Also, do not adjust gamma, contrast, brightness, etc. What looks good
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1183 on your display may not look good on others. These adjustments should
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1184 be done on playback only.
16080
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1185 </para>
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1186
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1187 <para>
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1188 One thing you might want to do, however, is pass the video through a
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1189 very light denoise filter, such as <option>-vf hqdn3d=2:1:2</option>.
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1190 Again, it is a matter of putting those bits to better use: why waste them
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1191 encoding noise when you can just add that noise back in during playback?
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1192 Increasing the parameters for <option>hqdn3d</option> will further
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1193 improve compressibility, but if you increase the values too much, you
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1194 risk degrading the image visibily. The suggested values above
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1195 (<option>2:1:2</option>) are quite conservative; you should feel free to
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1196 experiment with higher values and observe the results for yourself.
16080
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1197 </para>
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1198
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1199 </sect2>
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1200
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1201
16080
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1202 <sect2 id="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-interlacing">
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1203 <title>Interlacing and Telecine</title>
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1204
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1205 <para>
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1206 Almost all movies are shot at 24 fps. Because NTSC is 30000/1001 fps, some
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1207 processing must be done to this 24 fps video to make it run at the correct
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1208 NTSC framerate. The process is called 3:2 pulldown, commonly referred to
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1209 as telecine (because pulldown is often applied during the telecine
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1210 process), and, naively described, it works by slowing the film down to
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1211 24000/1001 fps, and repeating every fourth frame.
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1212 </para>
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1213
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1214 <para>
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diff changeset
1215 No special processing, however, is done to the video for PAL DVDs, which
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diff changeset
1216 run at 25 fps. (Technically, PAL can be telecined, called 2:2 pulldown,
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1217 but this does not become an issue in practice.) The 24 fps film is simply
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1218 played back at 25 fps. The result is that the movie runs slightly faster,
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1219 but unless you are an alien, you probably will not notice the difference.
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1220 Most PAL DVDs have pitch-corrected audio, so when they are played back at
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diff changeset
1221 25 fps things will sound right, even though the audio track (and hence the
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diff changeset
1222 whole movie) has a running time that is 4% less than NTSC DVDs.
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1223 </para>
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diff changeset
1224
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1225 <para>
16340
5ceeeb85804c Avoid short forms.
diego
parents: 16339
diff changeset
1226 Because the video in a PAL DVD has not been altered, you need not worry
16080
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diff changeset
1227 much about framerate. The source is 25 fps, and your rip will be 25
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diff changeset
1228 fps. However, if you are ripping an NTSC DVD movie, you may need to
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diff changeset
1229 apply inverse telecine.
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diff changeset
1230 </para>
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diff changeset
1231
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diff changeset
1232 <para>
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diff changeset
1233 For movies shot at 24 fps, the video on the NTSC DVD is either telecined
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diff changeset
1234 30000/1001, or else it is progressive 24000/1001 fps and intended to be telecined
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diff changeset
1235 on-the-fly by a DVD player. On the other hand, TV series are usually
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diff changeset
1236 only interlaced, not telecined. This is not a hard rule: some TV series
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diff changeset
1237 are interlaced (such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer) whereas some are a
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diff changeset
1238 mixture of progressive and interlaced (such as Angel, or 24).
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diff changeset
1239 </para>
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diff changeset
1240
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diff changeset
1241 <para>
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diff changeset
1242 It is highly recommended that you read the section on
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diff changeset
1243 <link linkend="menc-feat-telecine">How to deal with telecine and interlacing in NTSC DVDs</link>
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diff changeset
1244 to learn how to handle the different possibilities.
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diff changeset
1245 </para>
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diff changeset
1246
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diff changeset
1247 <para>
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diff changeset
1248 However, if you are mostly just ripping movies, likely you are either
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diff changeset
1249 dealing with 24 fps progressive or telecined video, in which case you can
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diff changeset
1250 use the <option>pullup</option> filter <option>-vf
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diff changeset
1251 pullup,softskip</option>.
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diff changeset
1252 </para>
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diff changeset
1253
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diff changeset
1254 </sect2>
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diff changeset
1255
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diff changeset
1256 <sect2 id="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-encoding-interlaced">
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diff changeset
1257 <title>Encoding interlaced video</title>
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diff changeset
1258
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diff changeset
1259 <para>
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diff changeset
1260 If the movie you want to encode is interlaced (NTSC video or
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diff changeset
1261 PAL video), you will need to choose whether you want to
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diff changeset
1262 deinterlace or not.
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diff changeset
1263 While deinterlacing will make your movie usable on progressive
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diff changeset
1264 scan displays such a computer monitors and projectors, it comes
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diff changeset
1265 at a cost: The fieldrate of 50 or 60000/1001 fields per second
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diff changeset
1266 is halved to 25 or 30000/1001 frames per second, and roughly half of
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diff changeset
1267 the information in your movie will be lost during scenes with
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diff changeset
1268 significant motion.
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diff changeset
1269 </para>
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diff changeset
1270
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diff changeset
1271 <para>
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diff changeset
1272 Therefore, if you are encoding for high quality archival purposes,
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diff changeset
1273 it is recommended not to deinterlace.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
1274 You can always deinterlace the movie at playback time when
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1275 displaying it on progressive scan devices, and future players will
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1276 be able to deinterlace to full fieldrate, interpolating 50 or
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1277 60000/1001 entire frames per second from the interlaced video.
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1278 </para>
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1279
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1280 <para>
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1281 Special care must be taken when working with interlaced video:
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1282 </para>
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1283
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1284 <orderedlist>
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1285 <listitem><para>
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1286 Crop height and y-offset must be multiples of 4.
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1287 </para></listitem>
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1288 <listitem><para>
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1289 Any vertical scaling must be performed in interlaced mode.
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1290 </para></listitem>
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1291 <listitem><para>
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1292 Postprocessing and denoising filters may not work as expected
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1293 unless you take special care to operate them a field at a time,
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1294 and they may damage the video if used incorrectly.
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1295 </para></listitem>
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1296 </orderedlist>
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1297
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1298 <para>
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1299 With these things in mind, here is our first example:
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1300 </para>
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1301 <screen>
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1302 mencoder <replaceable>capture.avi</replaceable> -mc 0 -oac lavc -ovc lavc -lavcopts \
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1303 vcodec=mpeg2video:vbitrate=6000:ilme:ildct:acodec=mp2:abitrate=224
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1304 </screen>
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1305 <para>
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1306 Note the <option>ilme</option> and <option>ildct</option> options.
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1307 </para>
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1308 </sect2>
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1309
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1310
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1311 <sect2 id="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-av-sync">
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1312 <title>Notes on Audio/Video synchronization</title>
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1313 <para>
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1314 <application>MEncoder</application>'s audio/video synchronization
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1315 algorithms were designed with the intention of recovering files with
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1316 broken sync.
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1317 However, in some cases they can cause unnecessary skipping and duplication of
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1318 frames, and possibly slight A/V desync, when used with proper input
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1319 (of course, A/V sync issues apply only if you process or copy the
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1320 audio track while transcoding the video, which is strongly encouraged).
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1321 Therefore, you may have to switch to basic A/V sync with
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1322 the <option>-mc 0</option> option, or put this in your
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1323 <systemitem>~/.mplayer/mencoder</systemitem> config file, as long as
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1324 you are only working with good sources (DVD, TV capture, high quality
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1325 MPEG-4 rips, etc) and not broken ASF/RM/MOV files.
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1326 </para>
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1327 <para>
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1328 If you want to further guard against strange frame skips and
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1329 duplication, you can use both <option>-mc 0</option> and
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1330 <option>-noskip</option>.
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1331 This will prevent <emphasis>all</emphasis> A/V sync, and copy frames
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1332 one-to-one, so you cannot use it if you will be using any filters that
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1333 unpredictably add or drop frames, or if your input file has variable
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1334 framerate!
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1335 Therefore, using <option>-noskip</option> is not in general recommended.
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1336 </para>
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1337 <para>
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1338 The so-called "three-pass" audio encoding which <application>MEncoder</application>
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1339 supports has been reported to cause A/V desync.
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1340 This will definitely happen if it is used in conjunction with certain
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1341 filters, therefore, it is now recommended <emphasis>not</emphasis> to
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1342 use three-pass audio mode.
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1343 This feature is only left for compatibility purposes and for expert
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1344 users who understand when it is safe to use and when it is not.
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1345 If you have never heard of three-pass mode before, forget that we
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1346 even mentioned it!
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1347 </para>
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1348 <para>
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1349 There have also been reports of A/V desync when encoding from stdin
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1350 with <application>MEncoder</application>.
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1351 Do not do this! Always use a file or CD/DVD/etc device as input.
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1352 </para>
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1353 </sect2>
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1354
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1355 <sect2 id="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-codec">
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1356 <title>Choosing the video codec</title>
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1357
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1358 <para>
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1359 Which video codec is best to choose depends on several factors,
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1360 like size, quality, streamability, usability and popularity, some of
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1361 which widely depend on personal taste and technical constraints.
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1362 </para>
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1363 <itemizedlist>
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1364 <listitem><para>
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1365 <emphasis role="bold">Compression efficiency</emphasis>:
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1366 It is quite easy to understand that most newer-generation codecs are
7d2a7df681e6 various improvements of the section "Choosing the video codec"
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1367 made to increase quality and compression.
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1368 Therefore, the authors of this guide and many other people suggest that
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1369 you cannot go wrong
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1370 <footnote id='fn-menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-codec-cpu'>
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1371 <para>Be careful, however: Decoding DVD-resolution MPEG-4 AVC videos
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1372 requires a fast machine (i.e. a Pentium 4 over 1.5Ghz or a Pentium M
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1373 over 1Ghz).
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1374 </para></footnote>
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1375 when choosing MPEG-4 AVC codecs like
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1376 <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem> instead of MPEG-4 ASP codecs
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1377 such as <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> MPEG-4 or
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1378 <systemitem class="library">XviD</systemitem>.
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1379 (Advanced codec developers may be interested in reading Michael
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1380 Niedermayer's opinion on
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1381 "<ulink url="http://guru.multimedia.cx/?p=10">why MPEG4-ASP sucks</ulink>".)
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1382 Likewise, you should get better quality using MPEG-4 ASP than you
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1383 would with MPEG-2 codecs.
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1384 </para>
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1385 <para>
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1386 However, newer codecs which are in heavy development can suffer from
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1387 bugs which have not yet been noticed and which can ruin an encode.
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1388 This is simply the tradeoff for using bleeding-edge technology.
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1389 </para>
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1390 <para>
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1391 What is more, beginning to use a new codec requires that you spend some
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1392 time becoming familiar with its options, so that you know what
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1393 to adjust to achieve a desired picture quality.
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1394 </para></listitem>
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1395
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1396 <listitem><para>
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1397 <emphasis role="bold">Hardware compatibility</emphasis>:
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1398 It usually takes a long time for standalone video players to begin to
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1399 include support for the latest video codecs.
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1400 As a result, most only support MPEG-1 (like VCD, XVCD and KVCD), MPEG-2
7c700dc8e37d Gives some examples of in which form MPEG* videos can come
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1401 (like DVD, SVCD and KVCD) and MPEG-4 ASP (like DivX,
7c700dc8e37d Gives some examples of in which form MPEG* videos can come
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1402 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>'s LMP4 and
7c700dc8e37d Gives some examples of in which form MPEG* videos can come
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1403 <systemitem class="library">XviD</systemitem>)
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1404 (Beware: Usually, not all MPEG-4 ASP features are supported).
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1405 Please refer to the technical specs of your player (if they are available),
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1406 or google around for more information.
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1407 </para></listitem>
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1408
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1409 <listitem><para>
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1410 <emphasis role="bold">Best quality per encoding time</emphasis>:
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1411 Codecs that have been around for some time (such as
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1412 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> MPEG-4 and
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1413 <systemitem class="library">XviD</systemitem>) are usually heavily
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1414 optimized with all kinds of smart algorithms and SIMD assembly code.
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1415 That is why they tend to yield the best quality per encoding time ratio.
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1416 However, they may have some very advanced options that, if enabled,
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1417 will make the encode really slow for marginal gains.
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1418 </para>
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1419 <para>
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1420 If you are after blazing speed you should stick around the default
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1421 settings of the video codec (although you should still try the other
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1422 options which are mentioned in other sections of this guide).
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1423 </para>
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1424 <para>
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1425 You may also consider choosing a codec which can do multi-threaded
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1426 processing, though this is only useful for users of machines with
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1427 several CPUs.
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1428 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> MPEG-4 does
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1429 allow that, but speed gains are limited, and there is a slight
7d2a7df681e6 various improvements of the section "Choosing the video codec"
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1430 negative effect on picture quality.
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1431 <systemitem class="library">XviD</systemitem>'s multi-threaded encoding,
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9376e7b470d6 10l to Guillaume. It's <option>, not <options>. xmllint would've told you that.
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1432 activated by the <option>threads</option> option, can be used to
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1433 boost encoding speed &mdash; by about 40-60% in typical cases &mdash;
7d2a7df681e6 various improvements of the section "Choosing the video codec"
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1434 with little if any picture degradation.
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1435 <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem> also allows multi-threaded
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1436 encoding, which currently speeds up encoding by 15-30% (depending on
7d2a7df681e6 various improvements of the section "Choosing the video codec"
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1437 the encoding settings) while lowering PSNR by about 0.05dB.
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1438 </para></listitem>
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1439
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1440 <listitem><para>
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1441 <emphasis role="bold">Personal taste</emphasis>:
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1442 This is where it gets almost irrational: For the same reason that some
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1443 hung on to DivX&nbsp;3 for years when newer codecs were already doing wonders,
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1444 some folks will prefer <systemitem class="library">XviD</systemitem>
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1445 or <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> MPEG-4 over
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1446 <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem>.
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1447 </para>
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1448 <para>
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1449 You should make your own judgement; do not take advice from people who
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1450 swear by one codec.
7d2a7df681e6 various improvements of the section "Choosing the video codec"
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1451 Take a few sample clips from raw sources and compare different
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1452 encoding options and codecs to find one that suits you best.
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1453 The best codec is the one you master, and the one that looks
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1454 best to your eyes on your display
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1455 <footnote id='fn-menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-codec-playback'>
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1456 <para>The same encode may not look the same on someone else's monitor or
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1457 when played back by a different decoder, so future-proof your encodes by
4d4878a4c6e5 New section: choosing the video codec for your encode: what to consider before picking it.
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1458 playing them back on different setups.</para></footnote>!
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1459 </para></listitem>
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1460 </itemizedlist>
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1461 <para>
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1462 Please refer to the section
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1463 <link linkend="menc-feat-selecting-codec">selecting codecs and container formats</link>
4d4878a4c6e5 New section: choosing the video codec for your encode: what to consider before picking it.
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1464 to get a list of supported codecs.
4d4878a4c6e5 New section: choosing the video codec for your encode: what to consider before picking it.
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1465 </para>
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1466 </sect2>
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1467
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1468 <sect2 id="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-audio">
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1469 <title>Audio</title>
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1470
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1471 <para>
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1472 Audio is a much simpler problem to solve: if you care about quality, just
6c16b60516f3 Moves the "audio" section just before the "muxing" section. + fixes suggested by Jeff
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1473 leave it as is.
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1474 Even AC3 5.1 streams are at most 448Kbit/s, and they are worth every bit.
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1475 You might be tempted to transcode the audio to high quality Vorbis, but
6c16b60516f3 Moves the "audio" section just before the "muxing" section. + fixes suggested by Jeff
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1476 just because you do not have an A/V receiver for AC3 pass-through today
6c16b60516f3 Moves the "audio" section just before the "muxing" section. + fixes suggested by Jeff
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1477 does not mean you will not have one tomorrow. Future-proof your DVD rips by
6c16b60516f3 Moves the "audio" section just before the "muxing" section. + fixes suggested by Jeff
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1478 preserving the AC3 stream.
6c16b60516f3 Moves the "audio" section just before the "muxing" section. + fixes suggested by Jeff
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1479 You can keep the AC3 stream either by copying it directly into the video
6c16b60516f3 Moves the "audio" section just before the "muxing" section. + fixes suggested by Jeff
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1480 stream <link linkend="menc-feat-mpeg4">during the encoding</link>.
6c16b60516f3 Moves the "audio" section just before the "muxing" section. + fixes suggested by Jeff
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1481 You can also extract the AC3 stream in order to mux it into containers such
6c16b60516f3 Moves the "audio" section just before the "muxing" section. + fixes suggested by Jeff
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1482 as NUT or Matroska.
6c16b60516f3 Moves the "audio" section just before the "muxing" section. + fixes suggested by Jeff
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1483 <screen>mplayer <replaceable>source_file.vob</replaceable> -aid 129 -dumpaudio -dumpfile <replaceable>sound.ac3</replaceable></screen>
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1484 will dump into the file <replaceable>sound.ac3</replaceable> the
6c16b60516f3 Moves the "audio" section just before the "muxing" section. + fixes suggested by Jeff
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1485 audio track number 129 from the file
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1486 <replaceable>source_file.vob</replaceable> (NB: DVD VOB files
6c16b60516f3 Moves the "audio" section just before the "muxing" section. + fixes suggested by Jeff
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1487 usually use a different audio numbering,
6c16b60516f3 Moves the "audio" section just before the "muxing" section. + fixes suggested by Jeff
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1488 which means that the VOB audio track 129 is the 2nd audio track of the file).
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1489 </para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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1490
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1491 <para>
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1492 But sometimes you truly have no choice but to further compress the
6c16b60516f3 Moves the "audio" section just before the "muxing" section. + fixes suggested by Jeff
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1493 sound so that more bits can be spent on the video.
6c16b60516f3 Moves the "audio" section just before the "muxing" section. + fixes suggested by Jeff
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1494 Most people choose to compress audio with either MP3 or Vorbis audio
6c16b60516f3 Moves the "audio" section just before the "muxing" section. + fixes suggested by Jeff
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1495 codecs.
6c16b60516f3 Moves the "audio" section just before the "muxing" section. + fixes suggested by Jeff
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1496 While the latter is a very space-efficient codec, MP3 is better supported
6c16b60516f3 Moves the "audio" section just before the "muxing" section. + fixes suggested by Jeff
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1497 by hardware players, although this trend is changing.
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1498 </para>
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1499
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1500 <para>
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1501 Do <emphasis>not</emphasis> use <option>-nosound</option> when encoding
3cc0d81806bf In order to make sure A/V sync is preserved, MEncoder really has to be fed with an audio track.
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1502 a file with audio, even if you will be encoding and muxing audio
3cc0d81806bf In order to make sure A/V sync is preserved, MEncoder really has to be fed with an audio track.
gpoirier
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1503 separately later.
3cc0d81806bf In order to make sure A/V sync is preserved, MEncoder really has to be fed with an audio track.
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1504 Though it may work in ideal cases, using <option>-nosound</option> is
3cc0d81806bf In order to make sure A/V sync is preserved, MEncoder really has to be fed with an audio track.
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1505 likely to hide some problems in your encoding command line setting.
3cc0d81806bf In order to make sure A/V sync is preserved, MEncoder really has to be fed with an audio track.
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1506 In other words, having a soundtrack during your encode assures you that,
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1507 provided you do not see messages such as
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1508 <quote>Too many audio packets in the buffer</quote>, you will be able
3cc0d81806bf In order to make sure A/V sync is preserved, MEncoder really has to be fed with an audio track.
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1509 to get proper sync.
3cc0d81806bf In order to make sure A/V sync is preserved, MEncoder really has to be fed with an audio track.
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1510 </para>
3cc0d81806bf In order to make sure A/V sync is preserved, MEncoder really has to be fed with an audio track.
gpoirier
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1511
3cc0d81806bf In order to make sure A/V sync is preserved, MEncoder really has to be fed with an audio track.
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1512 <para>
3cc0d81806bf In order to make sure A/V sync is preserved, MEncoder really has to be fed with an audio track.
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1513 You need to have <application>MEncoder</application> process the sound.
3cc0d81806bf In order to make sure A/V sync is preserved, MEncoder really has to be fed with an audio track.
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1514 You can for example copy the orignal soundtrack during the encode with
3cc0d81806bf In order to make sure A/V sync is preserved, MEncoder really has to be fed with an audio track.
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1515 <option>-oac copy</option> or convert it to a "light" 4 kHz mono WAV
3cc0d81806bf In order to make sure A/V sync is preserved, MEncoder really has to be fed with an audio track.
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1516 PCM with <option>-oac pcm -channels 1 -srate 4000</option>.
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1517 Otherwise, in some cases, it will generate a video file that will not sync
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1518 with the audio.
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1519 Such cases are when the number of video frames in the source file does
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1520 not match up to the total length of audio frames or whenever there
3cc0d81806bf In order to make sure A/V sync is preserved, MEncoder really has to be fed with an audio track.
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1521 are discontinuities/splices where there are missing or extra audio frames.
3cc0d81806bf In order to make sure A/V sync is preserved, MEncoder really has to be fed with an audio track.
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1522 The correct way to handle this kind of problem is to insert silence or
3cc0d81806bf In order to make sure A/V sync is preserved, MEncoder really has to be fed with an audio track.
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1523 cut audio at these points.
3cc0d81806bf In order to make sure A/V sync is preserved, MEncoder really has to be fed with an audio track.
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1524 However <application>MPlayer</application> cannot do that, so if you
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1525 demux the AC3 audio and encode it with a separate app (or dump it to PCM with
16383
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1526 <application>MPlayer</application>), the splices will be left incorrect
3cc0d81806bf In order to make sure A/V sync is preserved, MEncoder really has to be fed with an audio track.
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1527 and the only way to correct them is to drop/dup video frames at the
3cc0d81806bf In order to make sure A/V sync is preserved, MEncoder really has to be fed with an audio track.
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1528 splice.
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1529 As long as <application>MEncoder</application> sees the audio when it is
8f347723d3b3 Fixes suggested by Diego
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1530 encoding the video, it can do this dropping/duping (which is usually OK
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gpoirier
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1531 since it takes place at full black/scenechange, but if
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1532 <application>MEncoder</application> cannot see the audio, it will just
8f347723d3b3 Fixes suggested by Diego
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1533 process all frames as-is and they will not fit the final audio stream when
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1534 you for example merge your audio and video track into a Matroska file.
3cc0d81806bf In order to make sure A/V sync is preserved, MEncoder really has to be fed with an audio track.
gpoirier
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1535 </para>
3cc0d81806bf In order to make sure A/V sync is preserved, MEncoder really has to be fed with an audio track.
gpoirier
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1536
3cc0d81806bf In order to make sure A/V sync is preserved, MEncoder really has to be fed with an audio track.
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1537 <para>
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1538 First of all, you will have to convert the DVD sound into a WAV file that the
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1539 audio codec can use as input.
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1540 For example:
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1541 <screen>mplayer <replaceable>source_file.vob</replaceable> -ao pcm:file=<replaceable>destination_sound.wav</replaceable> -vc dummy -aid 1 -vo null</screen>
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1542 will dump the second audio track from the file
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1543 <replaceable>source_file.vob</replaceable> into the file
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1544 <replaceable>destination_sound.wav</replaceable>.
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1545 You may want to normalize the sound before encoding, as DVD audio tracks
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1546 are commonly recorded at low volumes.
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1547 You can use the tool <application>normalize</application> for instance,
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1548 which is available in most distributions.
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1549 If you are using Windows, a tool such as <application>BeSweet</application>
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1550 can do the same job.
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1551 You will compress in either Vorbis or MP3.
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1552 For example:
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1553 <screen>oggenc -q1 <replaceable>destination_sound.wav</replaceable></screen>
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1554 will encode <replaceable>destination_sound.wav</replaceable> with
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1555 the encoding quality 1, which is roughly equivalent to 80Kb/s, and
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1556 is the minimum quality at which you should encode if you care about
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1557 quality.
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1558 Please note that MEncoder currently cannot mux Vorbis audio tracks
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1559 into the output file because it only supports AVI and MPEG
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1560 containers as an output, each of which may lead to audio/video
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1561 playback synchronization problems with some players when the AVI file
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1562 contain VBR audio streams such as Vorbis.
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1563 Do not worry, this document will show you how you can do that with third
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1564 party programs.
16080
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1565 </para>
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1566
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1567 </sect2>
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1568
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1569
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1570 <sect2 id="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-muxing">
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1571 <title>Muxing</title>
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1572 <para>
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1573 Now that you have encoded your video, you will most likely want
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1574 to mux it with one or more audio tracks into a movie container, such
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1575 as AVI, MPEG, Matroska or NUT.
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1576 <application>MEncoder</application> is currently only able to natively output
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1577 audio and video into MPEG and AVI container formats.
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1578 for example:
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1579 <screen>mencoder -oac copy -ovc copy -o <replaceable>output_movie.avi</replaceable> -audiofile <replaceable>input_audio.mp2</replaceable> <replaceable>input_video.avi</replaceable></screen>
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1580 This would merge the video file <replaceable>input_video.avi</replaceable>
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1581 and the audio file <replaceable>input_audio.mp2</replaceable>
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1582 into the AVI file <replaceable>output_movie.avi</replaceable>.
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1583 This command works with MPEG-1 layer I, II and III (more commonly known
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1584 as MP3) audio, WAV and a few other audio formats too.
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1585 </para>
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1586
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1587 <para>
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1588 MEncoder features experimental support for
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1589 <systemitem class="library">libavformat</systemitem>, which is a
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1590 library from the FFmpeg project that supports muxing and demuxing
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1591 a variety of containers.
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1592 For example:
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1593 <screen>mencoder -oac copy -ovc copy -o <replaceable>output_movie.asf</replaceable> -audiofile <replaceable>input_audio.mp2</replaceable> <replaceable>input_video.avi</replaceable> -of lavf -lavfopts format=asf</screen>
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1594 This will do the same thing as the previous example, except that
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1595 the output container will be ASF.
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1596 Please note that this support is highly experimental (but getting
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1597 better every day), and will only work if you compiled
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1598 <application>MPlayer</application> with the support for
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1599 <systemitem class="library">libavformat</systemitem> enabled (which
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1600 means that a pre-packaged binary version will not work in most cases).
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1601 </para>
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1602
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1603
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1604 <sect3 id="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-muxing-filter-issues">
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1605 <title>Improving muxing and A/V sync reliability</title>
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1606 <para>
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1607 You may experience some serious A/V sync problems while trying to mux
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1608 your video and some audio tracks, where no matter how you adjust the
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1609 audio delay, you will never get proper sync.
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1610 That may happen when you use some video filters that will drop or
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1611 duplicate some frames, like the inverse telecine filters.
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1612 It is strongly encouraged to append the <option>harddup</option> video
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1613 filter at the end of the filter chain to avoid this kind of problem.
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1614 </para>
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1615
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1616 <para>
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1617 Without <option>harddup</option>, if <application>MEncoder</application>
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1618 wants to duplicate a frame, it relies on the muxer to put a mark on the
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1619 container so that the last frame will be displayed again to maintain
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1620 sync while writing no actual frame.
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1621 With <option>harddup</option>, <application>MEncoder</application>
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1622 will instead just push the last frame displayed again into the filter
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1623 chain.
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1624 This means that the encoder receives the <emphasis>exact</emphasis>
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1625 same frame twice, and compresses it.
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1626 This will result in a slightly bigger file, but will not cause problems
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1627 when demuxing or remuxing into other container formats.
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1628 </para>
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1629
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1630 <para>
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1631 You may also have no choice but to use <option>harddup</option> with
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1632 container formats that are not too tightly linked with
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1633 <application>MEncoder</application> such as the ones supported through
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1634 <systemitem class="library">libavformat</systemitem>, which may not
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1635 support frame duplication at the container level.
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1636 </para>
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1637 </sect3>
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1638
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1639
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1640 <sect3 id="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-muxing-avi-limitations">
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1641 <title>Limitations of the AVI container</title>
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1642 <para>
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1643 Although it is the most widely-supported container format after MPEG-1,
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1644 AVI also has some major drawbacks.
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1645 Perhaps the most obvious is the overhead.
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1646 For each chunk of the AVI file, 24 bytes are wasted on headers and
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1647 index.
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1648 This translates into a little over 5 MB per hour, or 1-2.5%
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1649 overhead for a 700 MB movie. This may not seem like much, but it could
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1650 mean the difference between being able to use 700 kbit/sec video or
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1651 714 kbit/sec, and every bit of quality counts.
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1652 </para>
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1653
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1654 <para>
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1655 In addition this gross inefficiency, AVI also has the following major
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1656 limitations:
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1657 </para>
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1658
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1659 <orderedlist>
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1660 <listitem>
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1661 <para>
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1662 Only fixed-fps content can be stored. This is particularly limiting
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1663 if the original material you want to encode is mixed content, for
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1664 example a mix of NTSC video and film material.
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1665 Actually there are hacks that can be used to store mixed-framerate
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1666 content in AVI, but they increase the (already huge) overhead
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1667 fivefold or more and so are not practical.
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1668 </para>
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1669 </listitem>
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1790 </para>
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1792 <formalpara>
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1913 Watching a telecined video, you will see interlacing artifacts that
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1946 the source with the <option>-vf pullup</option> and <option>-v</option>
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1952 source to identify it, which could be useful if you wish to automate
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1953 the encoding procedure, or to carry out said procedure remotely via
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1955 </para>
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1962 Interlaced video was originally filmed at 60000/1001 fields per second,
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1964 (often called &quot;combing&quot;) is a result of combining pairs of
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1969 <para>
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1970 As with telecined video, <application>MPlayer</application> should
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1971 not ever report any framerate changes when playing interlaced content.
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1974 <para>
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1975 When you view an interlaced video closely by frame-stepping with the
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1976 <keycap>.</keycap> key, you will see that every single frame is interlaced.
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1980 <sect3 id="menc-feat-telecine-ident-mixedpt">
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1981 <title>Mixed progressive and telecine</title>
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1984 24000/1001 frames per second, but some parts of it ended up being telecined.
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2034 <screen>mencoder dvd://1 -oac copy -ovc lavc -ofps 24000/1001</screen>
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2040 sure, it is safest to treat the video as
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2041 <link linkend="menc-feat-telecine-encode-mixedpt">mixed progressive and telecine</link>.
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2146 <emphasis role="bold">always</emphasis> inverse-telecine before any
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2149 <link linkend="menc-feat-telecine-footnotes">[1]</link>.
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2155 <listitem><para>
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2157 telecined material while leaving progressive data alone. In order to
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2158 work properly, <option>pullup</option> <emphasis role="bold">must</emphasis>
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2159 be followed by the <option>softskip</option> filter or
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2160 else <application>MEncoder</application> will crash.
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2281 pixel. When fields are interlaced to form a frame, each scanline is
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2282 one pixel high. Now, instead of all four luma pixels being in a
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2307 <title>About encoding parameters and quality:</title>
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2362 <row><entry>Video codec name</entry><entry>Description</entry></row>
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2373 </entry></row>
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2404 <row><entry>mpeg2video</entry><entry>
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2406 </entry></row>
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2407 <row><entry>huffyuv</entry><entry>
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2408 lossless compression
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2409 </entry></row>
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2410 <row><entry>asv1</entry><entry>
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2411 ASUS Video v1
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2412 </entry></row>
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2413 <row><entry>asv2</entry><entry>
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2414 ASUS Video v2
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2415 </entry></row>
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2416 <row><entry>ffv1</entry><entry>
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2417 FFmpeg's lossless video codec
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2418 </entry></row>
16678
4ebad3313fe6 libavcodec can encode to SVQ1 and RV20.
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2419 <row><entry>svq1</entry><entry>
4ebad3313fe6 libavcodec can encode to SVQ1 and RV20.
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2420 Sorenson video 1
4ebad3313fe6 libavcodec can encode to SVQ1 and RV20.
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2421 </entry></row>
16203
5506042289b2 Missing codecs that libavcodec supports.
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2422 <row><entry>flv</entry><entry>
5506042289b2 Missing codecs that libavcodec supports.
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2423 Sorenson H.263 used in Flash Video
5506042289b2 Missing codecs that libavcodec supports.
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2424 </entry></row>
5506042289b2 Missing codecs that libavcodec supports.
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2425 <row><entry>dvvideo</entry><entry>
5506042289b2 Missing codecs that libavcodec supports.
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2426 Sony Digital Video
5506042289b2 Missing codecs that libavcodec supports.
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2427 </entry></row>
5506042289b2 Missing codecs that libavcodec supports.
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2428 <row><entry>snow</entry><entry>
5506042289b2 Missing codecs that libavcodec supports.
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diff changeset
2429 FFmpeg's experimental wavelet-based codec
5506042289b2 Missing codecs that libavcodec supports.
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2430 </entry></row>
16080
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2431 </tbody>
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2432 </tgroup>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2433 </informaltable>
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2434
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2435 The first column contains the codec names that should be passed after the
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2436 <literal>vcodec</literal> config, like: <option>-lavcopts vcodec=msmpeg4</option>
16541
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2437 </para>
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2438 <informalexample>
4a9808f6cacc add some internal links between "codecs supported by mencoder" and
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2439 <para>
16558
1d524afe2f9c Nits and fixes
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2440 An example with MJPEG compression:
16541
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2441 <screen>mencoder dvd://2 -o title2.avi -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mjpeg -oac copy</screen>
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2442 </para>
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2443 </informalexample>
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2444 </sect2>
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2445
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2446 <sect2 id="menc-feat-enc-libavcodec-audio-codecs">
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2447 <title><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>'s audio codecs</title>
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2448 <para>
16535
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
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2449 <informaltable frame="all">
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
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2450 <tgroup cols="2">
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2451 <thead>
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
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2452 <row><entry>Audio codec name</entry><entry>Description</entry></row>
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2453 </thead>
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2454 <tbody>
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
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2455 <row>
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
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2456 <entry>mp2</entry>
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
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2457 <entry>MPEG Layer 2</entry>
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
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2458 </row>
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
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2459 <row>
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
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2460 <entry>ac3</entry>
16539
15563bd0874a minor spelling/wording/grammar fixes
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2461 <entry>AC3, AKA Dolby Digital</entry>
16535
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
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2462 </row>
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
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2463 <row>
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
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2464 <entry>adpcm_ima_wav</entry>
16539
15563bd0874a minor spelling/wording/grammar fixes
diego
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2465 <entry>IMA adaptive PCM (4 bits per sample, 4:1 compression)</entry>
16535
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
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2466 </row>
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
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2467 <row>
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
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2468 <entry>sonic</entry>
16539
15563bd0874a minor spelling/wording/grammar fixes
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diff changeset
2469 <entry>experimental lossy/lossless codec</entry>
16535
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
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2470 </row>
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
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2471 </tbody>
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
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2472 </tgroup>
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
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2473 </informaltable>
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
gpoirier
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2474
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
gpoirier
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diff changeset
2475 The first column contains the codec names that should be passed after the
16539
15563bd0874a minor spelling/wording/grammar fixes
diego
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diff changeset
2476 <literal>acodec</literal> option, like: <option>-lavcopts acodec=ac3</option>
16535
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
gpoirier
parents: 16502
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2477 </para>
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
gpoirier
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diff changeset
2478
16541
4a9808f6cacc add some internal links between "codecs supported by mencoder" and
gpoirier
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diff changeset
2479 <informalexample>
4a9808f6cacc add some internal links between "codecs supported by mencoder" and
gpoirier
parents: 16539
diff changeset
2480 <para>
16558
1d524afe2f9c Nits and fixes
gpoirier
parents: 16541
diff changeset
2481 An example with AC3 compression:
16541
4a9808f6cacc add some internal links between "codecs supported by mencoder" and
gpoirier
parents: 16539
diff changeset
2482 <screen>mencoder dvd://2 -o title2.avi -oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=ac3 -ovc copy</screen>
4a9808f6cacc add some internal links between "codecs supported by mencoder" and
gpoirier
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2483 </para>
4a9808f6cacc add some internal links between "codecs supported by mencoder" and
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2484 </informalexample>
4a9808f6cacc add some internal links between "codecs supported by mencoder" and
gpoirier
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2485
16535
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
gpoirier
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2486 <para>
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
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diff changeset
2487 Contrary to <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>'s video
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
gpoirier
parents: 16502
diff changeset
2488 codecs, its audio codecs do not make a wise usage of the bits they are
16539
15563bd0874a minor spelling/wording/grammar fixes
diego
parents: 16535
diff changeset
2489 given as they lack some minimal psychoacoustic model (if at all)
16535
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
gpoirier
parents: 16502
diff changeset
2490 which most other codec implementations feature.
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
gpoirier
parents: 16502
diff changeset
2491 However, note that all these audio codecs are very fast and work
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
gpoirier
parents: 16502
diff changeset
2492 out-of-the-box everywhere <application>MEncoder</application> has been
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
gpoirier
parents: 16502
diff changeset
2493 compiled with <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> (which
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
gpoirier
parents: 16502
diff changeset
2494 is the case most of time), and do not depend on external libraries.
16080
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2495 </para>
16541
4a9808f6cacc add some internal links between "codecs supported by mencoder" and
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2496 </sect2>
4a9808f6cacc add some internal links between "codecs supported by mencoder" and
gpoirier
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diff changeset
2497
16080
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2498
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2499 <sect2 id="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-lavc-encoding-options">
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2500 <title>Encoding options of libavcodec</title>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2501
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diff changeset
2502 <para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
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diff changeset
2503 Ideally, you would probably want to be able to just tell the encoder to switch
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2504 into "high quality" mode and move on.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2505 That would probably be nice, but unfortunately hard to implement as different
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
2506 encoding options yield different quality results depending on the source material.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2507 That is because compression depends on the visual properties of the video
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2508 in question.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2509 For example, anime and live action have very different properties and
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2510 thus require different options to obtain optimum encoding.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2511 The good news is that some options should never be left out, like
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2512 <option>mbd=2</option>, <option>trell</option>, and <option>v4mv</option>.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2513 See below for a detailed description of common encoding options.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2514 </para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2515
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2516
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2517 <itemizedlist>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2518 <title>Options to adjust:</title>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2519 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2520 <emphasis role="bold">vmax_b_frames</emphasis>: 1 or 2 is good, depending on
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diff changeset
2521 the movie.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2522 Note that if you need to have your encode be decodable by DivX5, you
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2523 need to activate closed GOP support, using
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diff changeset
2524 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>'s <option>cgop</option>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2525 option, but you need to deactivate scene detection, which
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2526 is not a good idea as it will hurt encode efficiency a bit.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2527 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2528
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2529 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2530 <emphasis role="bold">vb_strategy=1</emphasis>: helps in high-motion scenes.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2531 On some videos, vmax_b_frames may hurt quality, but vmax_b_frames=2 along
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2532 with vb_strategy=1 helps.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2533 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2534
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2535 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2536 <emphasis role="bold">dia</emphasis>: motion search range. Bigger is better
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2537 and slower.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2538 Negative values are a completely different scale.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2539 Good values are -1 for a fast encode, or 2-4 for slower.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2540 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2541
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2542 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2543 <emphasis role="bold">predia</emphasis>: motion search pre-pass.
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diff changeset
2544 Not as important as dia. Good values are 1 (default) to 4. Requires preme=2
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2545 to really be useful.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2546 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2547
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2548 <listitem><para>
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2549 <emphasis role="bold">cmp, subcmp, precmp</emphasis>: Comparison function for
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2550 motion estimation.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2551 Experiment with values of 0 (default), 2 (hadamard), 3 (dct), and 6 (rate
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diff changeset
2552 distortion).
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diff changeset
2553 0 is fastest, and sufficient for precmp.
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2554 For cmp and subcmp, 2 is good for anime, and 3 is good for live action.
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2555 6 may or may not be slightly better, but is slow.
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2556 </para></listitem>
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diff changeset
2557
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diff changeset
2558 <listitem><para>
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diff changeset
2559 <emphasis role="bold">last_pred</emphasis>: Number of motion predictors to
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parents:
diff changeset
2560 take from the previous frame.
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parents:
diff changeset
2561 1-3 or so help at little speed cost.
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diff changeset
2562 Higher values are slow for no extra gain.
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2563 </para></listitem>
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parents:
diff changeset
2564
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2565 <listitem><para>
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diff changeset
2566 <emphasis role="bold">cbp, mv0</emphasis>: Controls the selection of macroblocks.
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parents:
diff changeset
2567 Small speed cost for small quality gain.
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parents:
diff changeset
2568 </para></listitem>
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2569
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2570 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2571 <emphasis role="bold">qprd</emphasis>: adaptive quantization based on the
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parents:
diff changeset
2572 macroblock's complexity.
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parents:
diff changeset
2573 May help or hurt depending on the video and other options.
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diff changeset
2574 This can cause artifacts unless you set vqmax to some reasonably small value
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diff changeset
2575 (6 is good, maybe as low as 4); vqmin=1 should also help.
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parents:
diff changeset
2576 </para></listitem>
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2577
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
2578 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2579 <emphasis role="bold">qns</emphasis>: very slow, especially when combined
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diff changeset
2580 with qprd.
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diff changeset
2581 This option will make the encoder minimize noise due to compression
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diff changeset
2582 artifacts instead of making the encoded video strictly match the source.
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diff changeset
2583 Do not use this unless you have already tweaked everything else as far as it
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parents:
diff changeset
2584 will go and the results still are not good enough.
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diff changeset
2585 </para></listitem>
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parents:
diff changeset
2586
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2587 <listitem><para>
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diff changeset
2588 <emphasis role="bold">vqcomp</emphasis>: Tweak ratecontrol.
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diff changeset
2589 What values are good depends on the movie.
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diff changeset
2590 You can safely leave this alone if you want.
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diff changeset
2591 Reducing vqcomp puts more bits on low-complexity scenes, increasing it puts
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diff changeset
2592 them on high-complexity scenes (default: 0.5, range: 0-1. recommended range:
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diff changeset
2593 0.5-0.7).
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diff changeset
2594 </para></listitem>
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diff changeset
2595
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diff changeset
2596 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2597 <emphasis role="bold">vlelim, vcelim</emphasis>: Sets the single coefficient
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diff changeset
2598 elimination threshold for luminance and chroma planes.
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diff changeset
2599 These are encoded separately in all MPEG-like algorithms.
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diff changeset
2600 The idea behind these options is to use some good heuristics to determine
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2601 when the change in a block is less than the threshold you specify, and in
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diff changeset
2602 such a case, to just encode the block as "no change".
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diff changeset
2603 This saves bits and perhaps speeds up encoding. vlelim=-4 and vcelim=9
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diff changeset
2604 seem to be good for live movies, but seem not to help with anime;
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diff changeset
2605 when encoding animation, you should probably leave them unchanged.
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diff changeset
2606 </para></listitem>
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diff changeset
2607
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diff changeset
2608 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2609 <emphasis role="bold">qpel</emphasis>: Quarter pixel motion estimation.
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diff changeset
2610 MPEG-4 uses half pixel precision for its motion search by default,
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diff changeset
2611 therefore this option comes with an overhead as more information will be
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diff changeset
2612 stored in the encoded file.
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diff changeset
2613 The compression gain/loss depends on the movie, but it is usually not very
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diff changeset
2614 effective on anime.
16605
58adc79e3feb Random fixes and more coherency
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parents: 16599
diff changeset
2615 qpel always incurs a significant cost in CPU decode time (+25% in
16080
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diff changeset
2616 practice).
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diff changeset
2617 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2618
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diff changeset
2619 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2620 <emphasis role="bold">psnr</emphasis>: does not affect the actual encoding,
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diff changeset
2621 but writes a log file giving the type/size/quality of each frame, and
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diff changeset
2622 prints a summary of PSNR (Peak Signal to Noise Ratio) at the end.
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diff changeset
2623 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2624
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2625 </itemizedlist>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2626
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2627 <itemizedlist>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2628 <title>Options not recommended to play with:</title>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2629 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2630 <emphasis role="bold">vme</emphasis>: The default is best.
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diff changeset
2631 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2632
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diff changeset
2633 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2634 <emphasis role="bold">lumi_mask, dark_mask</emphasis>: Psychovisual adaptive
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diff changeset
2635 quantization.
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diff changeset
2636 You do not want to play with those options if you care about quality.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2637 Reasonable values may be effective in your case, but be warned this is very
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diff changeset
2638 subjective.
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parents:
diff changeset
2639 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2640
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2641 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2642 <emphasis role="bold">scplx_mask</emphasis>: Tries to prevent blocky
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diff changeset
2643 artifacts, but postprocessing is better.
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diff changeset
2644 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2645 </itemizedlist>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2646 </sect2>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
2647
16596
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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diff changeset
2648 <sect2 id="menc-feat-mpeg4-lavc-example-settings">
16599
ec3b4dcfc5f9 Nits noticed by Diego
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diff changeset
2649 <title>Encoding setting examples</title>
16596
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
2650
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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diff changeset
2651 <para>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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diff changeset
2652 The following settings are examples of different encoding
16599
ec3b4dcfc5f9 Nits noticed by Diego
gpoirier
parents: 16596
diff changeset
2653 option combinations that affect the speed vs quality tradeoff
ec3b4dcfc5f9 Nits noticed by Diego
gpoirier
parents: 16596
diff changeset
2654 at the same target bitrate.
16596
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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diff changeset
2655 </para>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
2656
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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diff changeset
2657 <para>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
2658 All the encoding settings were tested on a 720x448 @30000/1001 fps
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
2659 video sample, the target bitrate was 900kbps, and the machine was an
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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diff changeset
2660 AMD-64 3400+ at 2400 Mhz in 64 bits mode.
16599
ec3b4dcfc5f9 Nits noticed by Diego
gpoirier
parents: 16596
diff changeset
2661 Each encoding setting features the measured encoding speed (in
ec3b4dcfc5f9 Nits noticed by Diego
gpoirier
parents: 16596
diff changeset
2662 frames per second) and the PSNR loss (in dB) compared to the "very
16596
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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diff changeset
2663 high quality" setting.
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
2664 Please understand that depending on your source, your machine type
16599
ec3b4dcfc5f9 Nits noticed by Diego
gpoirier
parents: 16596
diff changeset
2665 and development advancements, you may get very different results.
16596
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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diff changeset
2666 </para>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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diff changeset
2667
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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diff changeset
2668 <para>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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diff changeset
2669 <informaltable frame="all">
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
2670 <tgroup cols="4">
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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diff changeset
2671 <thead>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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2672 <row><entry>Description</entry><entry>Encoding options</entry><entry>speed (in fps)</entry><entry>Relative PSNR loss (in dB)</entry></row>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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diff changeset
2673 </thead>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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diff changeset
2674 <tbody>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
2675 <row>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
2676 <entry>Very high quality</entry>
17103
9722eecad127 fixes suggested by The Wanderer and Corey
gpoirier
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2677 <entry><option>vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:mv0:trell:v4mv:cbp:last_pred=3:predia=2:dia=2:vmax_b_frames=2:vb_strategy=1:precmp=2:cmp=2:subcmp=2:preme=2:qns=2</option></entry>
16596
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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2678 <entry>6fps</entry>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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diff changeset
2679 <entry>0dB</entry>
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diff changeset
2680 </row>
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diff changeset
2681 <row>
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2682 <entry>High quality</entry>
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2683 <entry><option>vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:trell:v4mv:last_pred=2:dia=-1:vmax_b_frames=2:vb_strategy=1:cmp=3:subcmp=3:precmp=0:vqcomp=0.6:turbo</option></entry>
16596
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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diff changeset
2684 <entry>15fps</entry>
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diff changeset
2685 <entry>-0.5dB</entry>
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diff changeset
2686 </row>
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diff changeset
2687 <row>
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diff changeset
2688 <entry>Fast</entry>
16606
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diff changeset
2689 <entry><option>vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:trell:v4mv:turbo</option></entry>
16596
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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diff changeset
2690 <entry>42fps</entry>
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diff changeset
2691 <entry>-0.74dB</entry>
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diff changeset
2692 </row>
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diff changeset
2693 <row>
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diff changeset
2694 <entry>Realtime</entry>
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2695 <entry><option>vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:turbo</option></entry>
16596
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diff changeset
2696 <entry>54fps</entry>
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diff changeset
2697 <entry>-1.21dB</entry>
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diff changeset
2698 </row>
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diff changeset
2699 </tbody>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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diff changeset
2700 </tgroup>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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diff changeset
2701 </informaltable>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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diff changeset
2702 </para>
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diff changeset
2703 </sect2>
16080
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diff changeset
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2705 <sect2 id="custommatrices"><title>Custom inter/intra matrices</title>
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diff changeset
2707 <para>
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diff changeset
2708 With this feature of
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diff changeset
2709 <link linkend="ffmpeg"><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem></link>
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2710 you are able to set custom inter (I-frames/keyframes) and intra
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2711 (P-frames/predicted frames) matrices. It is supported by many of the codecs:
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2712 <systemitem>mpeg1video</systemitem> and <systemitem>mpeg2video</systemitem>
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diff changeset
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diff changeset
2716 <para>
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diff changeset
2717 A typical usage of this feature is to set the matrices preferred by the
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2718 <ulink url="http://www.kvcd.net/">KVCD</ulink> specifications.
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diff changeset
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2721 <para>
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2722 The <emphasis role="bold">KVCD &quot;Notch&quot; Quantization Matrix:</emphasis>
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2728 8 9 12 22 26 27 29 34
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2729 9 10 14 26 27 29 34 37
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2730 12 14 18 27 29 34 37 38
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2731 22 26 27 31 36 37 38 40
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2732 26 27 29 36 39 38 40 48
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2733 27 29 34 37 38 40 48 58
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2734 29 34 37 38 40 48 58 69
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2735 34 37 38 40 48 58 69 79
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2740 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30
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2741 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32
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2742 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2743 22 24 26 30 32 32 34 36
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2744 24 26 28 32 34 34 36 38
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2745 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40
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2746 28 30 32 34 36 38 42 42
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2747 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44
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2753 <screen>
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2754 $ mencoder <replaceable>input.avi</replaceable> -o <replaceable>output.avi</replaceable> -oac copy -ovc lavc -lavcopts inter_matrix=...:intra_matrix=...
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2760 $ mencoder <replaceable>input.avi</replaceable> -ovc lavc -lavcopts
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2761 vcodec=mpeg2video:intra_matrix=8,9,12,22,26,27,29,34,9,10,14,26,27,29,34,37,
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2762 12,14,18,27,29,34,37,38,22,26,27,31,36,37,38,40,26,27,29,36,39,38,40,48,27,
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2763 29,34,37,38,40,48,58,29,34,37,38,40,48,58,69,34,37,38,40,48,58,69,79
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2764 :inter_matrix=16,18,20,22,24,26,28,30,18,20,22,24,26,28,30,32,20,22,24,26,
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2765 28,30,32,34,22,24,26,30,32,32,34,36,24,26,28,32,34,34,36,38,26,28,30,32,34,
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2766 36,38,40,28,30,32,34,36,38,42,42,30,32,34,36,38,40,42,44 -oac copy -o svcd.mpg
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diff changeset
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diff changeset
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diff changeset
2772 <sect2 id="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-example">
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diff changeset
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diff changeset
2774
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diff changeset
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2776 So, you have just bought your shiny new copy of Harry Potter and the Chamber
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2777 of Secrets (widescreen edition, of course), and you want to rip this DVD
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2779 so it is NTSC. The example below will still apply to PAL, except you will
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2781 same as the input framerate), and of course the crop dimensions will be
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diff changeset
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diff changeset
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diff changeset
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diff changeset
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2786 After running <option>mplayer dvd://1</option>, we follow the process
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5ceeeb85804c Avoid short forms.
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diff changeset
2789 24000/1001 fps progressive video, which means that we need not use an inverse
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2790 telecine filter, such as <option>pullup</option> or
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2791 <option>filmdint</option>.
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diff changeset
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diff changeset
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diff changeset
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2795 Next, we want to determine the appropriate crop rectangle, so we use the
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diff changeset
2796 cropdetect filter:
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2798 <screen>mplayer dvd://1 -vf cropdetect</screen>
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2799
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2800 Make sure you seek to a fully filled frame (such as a bright scene), and
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2801 you will see in <application>MPlayer</application>'s console output:
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2802
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2809 And we see that it looks perfectly fine. Next, we ensure the width and
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2817 to take a little off the top and a little off the bottom so that we
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2823 <screen>mplayer dvd://1 -vf crop=720:352:0:62</screen>
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2825 Another reason to shave pixels from both the top and the bottom is that we
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2826 ensure we have eliminated any half-black pixels if they exist. Note that if
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2827 your video is telecined, make sure the <option>pullup</option> filter (or
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2828 whichever inverse telecine filter you decide to use) appears in the filter
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2829 chain before you crop. If it is interlaced, deinterlace before cropping.
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2830 (If you choose to preserve the interlaced video, then make sure your
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2831 vertical crop offset is a multiple of 4.)
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2837 The filter chain would look like:
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2838
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2839 <screen>-vf crop=720:362:0:58,scale=720:352</screen>
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2841 Scaling the video down like this will mean that some small amount of
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2842 detail is lost, though it probably will not be perceptible. Scaling up will
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2844 discards those pixels altogether. It is a tradeoff that you will want to
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2845 consider for each circumstance. For example, if the DVD video was made
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2850 <para>
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2851 On inspection, we see that our movie has a fair bit of action and high
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2852 amounts of detail, so we pick 2400Kbit for our bitrate.
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2853 </para>
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2854
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2856 We are now ready to do the two pass encode. Pass one:
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2857
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2860 -o Harry_Potter_2.avi</screen>
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2863
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2871 quality at the expense of encoding time. There is little reason to leave
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2873 <option>cmp=3:subcmp=3:mbcmp=3</option> select a comparison function that
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2877 source material. For example, if you find
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2884 For this movie, the resulting AVI will be 138 minutes long and nearly
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2885 3GB. And because you said that file size does not matter, this is a
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2886 perfectly acceptable size. However, if you had wanted it smaller, you
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2887 could try a lower bitrate. Increasing bitrates have diminishing
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2890 free to experiment until you are happy.
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2894 Because we passed the source video through a denoise filter, you may want
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2895 to add some of it back during playback. This, along with the
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2896 <option>spp</option> post-processing filter, drastically improves the
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2897 perception of quality and helps eliminate blocky artifacts in the video.
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2898 With <application>MPlayer</application>'s <option>autoq</option> option,
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2899 you can vary the amount of post-processing done by the spp filter
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2900 depending on available CPU. Also, at this point, you may want to apply
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2901 gamma and/or color correction to best suit your display. For example:
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2903 <screen>mplayer Harry_Potter_2.avi -vf spp,noise=9ah:5ah,eq2=1.2 -autoq 3</screen>
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2910 <sect1 id="menc-feat-xvid">
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2911 <title>Encoding with the <systemitem class="library">XviD</systemitem>
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2913 <para>
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2914 <systemitem class="library">XviD</systemitem> is a free library for
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2915 encoding MPEG-4 ASP video streams.
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2916 Before starting to encode, you need to <link linkend="xvid">
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2917 set up <application>MEncoder</application> to support it</link>.
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2918 </para>
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2919 <para>
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parents:
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2920 This guide mainly aims at featuring the same kind of information
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2921 as x264's encoding guide.
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2922 Therefore, please begin by reading
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2923 <link linkend="menc-feat-x264-encoding-options-intro">the first part</link>
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2924 of that guide.
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2925 </para>
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2926
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diff changeset
2927
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2928 <sect2 id="menc-feat-xvid-intro">
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2929 <title>What options should I use to get the best results?</title>
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2930
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diff changeset
2931 <para>
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2932 Please begin by reviewing the
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2933 <systemitem class="library">XviD</systemitem> section of
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2934 <application>MPlayer</application>'s man page.
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2935 This section is intended to be a supplement to the man page.
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2936 </para>
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diff changeset
2937 <para>
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2938 The XviD default settings are already a good tradeoff between
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2939 speed and quality, therefore you can safely stick to them if
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2940 the following section puzzles you.
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2941 </para>
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2942 </sect2>
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diff changeset
2943
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2944 <sect2 id="menc-feat-xvid-encoding-options">
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2945 <title>Encoding options of <systemitem class="library">XviD</systemitem></title>
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2946
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diff changeset
2947 <itemizedlist>
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2948 <listitem><para>
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2949 <emphasis role="bold">vhq</emphasis>
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2950 This setting affects the macroblock decision algorithm, where the
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2951 higher the setting, the wiser the decision.
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2952 The default setting may be safely used for every encode, while
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2953 higher settings always help PSNR but are significantly slower.
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2954 Please note that a better PSNR does not necessarily mean
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2955 that the picture will look better, but tells you that it is
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2956 closer to the original.
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2957 Turning it off will noticeably speed up encoding; if speed is
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2958 critical for you, the tradeoff may be worth it.
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2959 </para></listitem>
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diff changeset
2960
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diff changeset
2961 <listitem><para>
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2962 <emphasis role="bold">bvhq</emphasis>
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2963 This does the same job as vhq, but does it on B-frames.
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2964 It has a negligible impact on speed, and slightly improves quality
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2965 (around +0.1dB PSNR).
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diff changeset
2966 </para></listitem>
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2967
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2968 <listitem><para>
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2969 <emphasis role="bold">max_bframes</emphasis>
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2970 A higher number of consecutive allowed B-frames usually improves
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2971 compressibility, although it may also lead to more blocking artifacts.
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2972 The default setting is a good tradeoff between compressibility and
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2973 quality, but you may increase it up to 3 if you are bitrate-starved.
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2974 You may also decrease it to 1 or 0 if you are aiming at perfect
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2975 quality, though in that case you should make sure your
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2976 target bitrate is high enough to ensure that the encoder does not
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2977 have to increase quantizers to reach it.
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2978 </para></listitem>
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2979
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2980 <listitem><para>
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2981 <emphasis role="bold">bf_threshold</emphasis>
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2982 This controls the B-frame sensitivity of the encoder, where a higher
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2983 value leads to more B-frames being used (and vice versa).
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2984 This setting is to be used together with <option>max_bframes</option>;
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2985 if you are bitrate-starved, you should increase both
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2986 <option>max_bframes</option> and <option>bf_threshold</option>,
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2987 while you may increase <option>max_bframes</option> and reduce
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2988 <option>bf_threshold</option> so that the encoder may use more
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2989 B-frames in places that only <emphasis role="bold">really</emphasis>
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2990 need them.
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2991 A low number of <option>max_bframes</option> and a high value of
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2992 <option>bf_threshold</option> is probably not a wise choice as it
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2993 will force the encoder to put B-frames in places that would not
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2994 benefit from them, therefore reducing visual quality.
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2995 However, if you need to be compatible with standalone players that
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2996 only support old DivX profiles (which only supports up to 1
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2997 consecutive B-frame), this would be your only way to
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2998 increase compressibility through using B-frames.
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3002 <emphasis role="bold">trellis</emphasis>
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3004 between PSNR and bitrate, which allows significant bit saving.
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3005 These bits will in return be spent elsewhere on the video,
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3006 raising overall visual quality.
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3007 You should always leave it on as its impact on quality is huge.
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3008 Even if you are looking for speed, do not disable it until you
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3009 have turned down <option>vhq</option> and all other more
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3010 CPU-hungry options to the minimum.
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3012
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3013 <listitem><para>
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3014 <emphasis role="bold">hq_ac</emphasis>
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3017 than 0.01dB PSNR increase), while having a negligible impact on speed.
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3018 It is therefore recommended to always leave it on.
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3019 </para></listitem>
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3020
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3021 <listitem><para>
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3022 <emphasis role="bold">cartoon</emphasis>
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3023 Designed to better encode cartoon content, and has no impact on
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3024 speed as it just tunes the mode decision heuristics for this type
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3025 of content.
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3026 </para></listitem>
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3027
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3028 <listitem><para>
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3029 <emphasis role="bold">me_quality</emphasis>
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3030 This setting is to control the precision of the motion estimation.
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3031 The higher <option>me_quality</option>, the more
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3032 precise the estimation of the original motion will be, and the
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3033 better the resulting clip will capture the original motion.
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3034 </para>
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3035 <para>
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3036 The default setting is best in all cases;
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3037 thus it is not recommended to turn it down unless you are
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3038 really looking for speed, as all the bits saved by a good motion
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3039 estimation would be spent elsewhere, raising overall quality.
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3040 Therefore, do not go any lower than 5, and even that only as a last
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diff changeset
3041 resort.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
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3042 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3043
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3044 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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3045 <emphasis role="bold">chroma_me</emphasis>
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parents:
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3046 Improves motion estimation by also taking the chroma (color)
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3047 information into account, whereas <option>me_quality</option>
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parents:
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3048 alone only uses luma (grayscale).
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parents:
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3049 This slows down encoding by 5-10% but improves visual quality
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
3050 quite a bit by reducing blocking effects and reduces filesize by
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
3051 around 1.3%.
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parents:
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3052 If you are looking for speed, you should disable this option before
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
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3053 starting to consider reducing <option>me_quality</option>.
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3054 </para></listitem>
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parents:
diff changeset
3055
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diff changeset
3056 <listitem><para>
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parents:
diff changeset
3057 <emphasis role="bold">chroma_opt</emphasis>
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parents:
diff changeset
3058 Is intended to increase chroma image quality around pure
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
3059 white/black edges, rather than improving compression.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3060 This can help to reduce the "red stairs" effect.
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parents:
diff changeset
3061 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
3062
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parents:
diff changeset
3063 <listitem><para>
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parents:
diff changeset
3064 <emphasis role="bold">lumi_mask</emphasis>
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parents:
diff changeset
3065 Tries to give less bitrate to part of the picture that the
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parents:
diff changeset
3066 human eye cannot see very well, which should allow the encoder
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parents:
diff changeset
3067 to spend the saved bits on more important parts of the picture.
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parents:
diff changeset
3068 The quality of the encode yielded by this option highly depends
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parents:
diff changeset
3069 on personal preferences and on the type and monitor settings
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
3070 used to watch it (typically, it will not look as good if it is
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3071 bright or if it is a TFT monitor).
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
3072 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3073
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3074 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
3075 <emphasis role="bold">qpel</emphasis>
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parents:
diff changeset
3076 Raise the number of candidate motion vectors by increasing
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
3077 the precision of the motion estimation from halfpel to
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
3078 quarterpel.
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parents:
diff changeset
3079 The idea is to find better motion vectors which will in return
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
3080 reduce bitrate (hence increasing quality).
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
3081 However, motion vectors with quarterpel precision require a
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3082 few extra bits to code, but the candidate vectors do not always
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
3083 give (much) better results.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
3084 Quite often, the codec still spends bits on the extra precision,
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
3085 but little or no extra quality is gained in return.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
3086 Unfortunately, there is no way to foresee the possible gains of
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3087 <option>qpel</option>, so you need to actually encode with and
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3088 without it to know for sure.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3089 </para><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3090 <option>qpel</option> can be almost double encoding time, and
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3091 requires as much as 25% more processing power to decode.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3092 It is not supported by all standalone players.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3093 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3094
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3095 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3096 <emphasis role="bold">gmc</emphasis>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3097 Tries to save bits on panning scenes by using a single motion
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3098 vector for the whole frame.
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3099 This almost always raises PSNR, but significantly slows down
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3100 encoding (as well as decoding).
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3101 Therefore, you should only use it when you have turned
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3102 <option>vhq</option> to the maximum.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
3103 <systemitem class="library">XviD</systemitem>'s GMC is more
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3104 sophisticated than DivX's, but is only supported by few
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3105 standalone players.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3106 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3107
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3108 </itemizedlist>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3109 </sect2>
16486
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gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3110
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3111 <sect2 id="menc-feat-xvid-encoding-profiles">
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3112 <title>Encoding profiles</title>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3113 <para>
16502
gpoirier
parents: 16486
diff changeset
3114 XviD supports encoding profiles through the <option>profile</option> option,
16486
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3115 which are used to impose restrictions on the properties of the XviD video
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3116 stream such that it will be playable on anything which supports the
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3117 chosen profile.
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3118 The restrictions relate to resolutions, bitrates and certain MPEG-4
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3119 features.
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3120 The following table shows what each profile supports.
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3121 </para>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3122 <informaltable>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3123 <tgroup cols="16" align="center">
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3124 <colspec colnum="1" colname="col1"/>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3125 <colspec colnum="2" colname="col2"/>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3126 <colspec colnum="3" colname="col3"/>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3127 <colspec colnum="4" colname="col4"/>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3128 <colspec colnum="5" colname="col5"/>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3129 <colspec colnum="6" colname="col6"/>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3130 <colspec colnum="7" colname="col7"/>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3131 <colspec colnum="8" colname="col8"/>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3132 <colspec colnum="9" colname="col9"/>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3133 <colspec colnum="10" colname="col10"/>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3134 <colspec colnum="11" colname="col11"/>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3135 <colspec colnum="12" colname="col12"/>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3136 <colspec colnum="13" colname="col13"/>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3137 <colspec colnum="14" colname="col14"/>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3138 <colspec colnum="15" colname="col15"/>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3139 <colspec colnum="16" colname="col16"/>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3140 <colspec colnum="17" colname="col17"/>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3141 <spanspec spanname="spa2-5" namest="col2" nameend="col5"/>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3142 <spanspec spanname="spa6-11" namest="col6" nameend="col11"/>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3143 <spanspec spanname="spa12-17" namest="col12" nameend="col17"/>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3144 <tbody>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3145 <row>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3146 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3147 <entry spanname="spa2-5">Simple</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3148 <entry spanname="spa6-11">Advanced Simple</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3149 <entry spanname="spa12-17">DivX</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3150 </row>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3151 <row>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3152 <entry>Profile name</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3153 <entry>0</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3154 <entry>1</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3155 <entry>2</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3156 <entry>3</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3157 <entry>0</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3158 <entry>1</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3159 <entry>2</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3160 <entry>3</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3161 <entry>4</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3162 <entry>5</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3163 <entry>Handheld</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3164 <entry>Portable NTSC</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3165 <entry>Portable PAL</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3166 <entry>Home Theater NTSC</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3167 <entry>Home Theater PAL</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3168 <entry>HDTV</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3169 </row>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3170 <row>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3171 <entry>Width [pixels]</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3172 <entry>176</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3173 <entry>176</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3174 <entry>352</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3175 <entry>352</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3176 <entry>176</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3177 <entry>176</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3178 <entry>352</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3179 <entry>352</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3180 <entry>352</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3181 <entry>720</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3182 <entry>176</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3183 <entry>352</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3184 <entry>352</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3185 <entry>720</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3186 <entry>720</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3187 <entry>1280</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3188 </row>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3189 <row>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3190 <entry>Height [pixels]</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3191 <entry>144</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3192 <entry>144</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3193 <entry>288</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3194 <entry>288</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3195 <entry>144</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3196 <entry>144</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3197 <entry>288</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3198 <entry>288</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3199 <entry>576</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3200 <entry>576</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3201 <entry>144</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3202 <entry>240</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3203 <entry>288</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3204 <entry>480</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3205 <entry>576</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3206 <entry>720</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3207 </row>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3208 <row>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3209 <entry>Frame rate [fps]</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3210 <entry>15</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3211 <entry>15</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3212 <entry>15</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3213 <entry>15</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3214 <entry>30</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3215 <entry>30</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3216 <entry>15</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3217 <entry>30</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3218 <entry>30</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3219 <entry>30</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3220 <entry>15</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3221 <entry>30</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3222 <entry>25</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3223 <entry>30</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3224 <entry>25</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3225 <entry>30</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3226 </row>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3227 <row>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3228 <entry>Max average bitrate [kbps]</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3229 <entry>64</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3230 <entry>64</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3231 <entry>128</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3232 <entry>384</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3233 <entry>128</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3234 <entry>128</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3235 <entry>384</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3236 <entry>768</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3237 <entry>3000</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3238 <entry>8000</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3239 <entry>537.6</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3240 <entry>4854</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3241 <entry>4854</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3242 <entry>4854</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3243 <entry>4854</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3244 <entry>9708.4</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3245 </row>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3246 <row>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3247 <entry>Peak average bitrate over 3 secs [kbps]</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3248 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3249 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3250 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3251 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3252 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3253 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3254 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3255 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3256 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3257 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3258 <entry>800</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3259 <entry>8000</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3260 <entry>8000</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3261 <entry>8000</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3262 <entry>8000</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3263 <entry>16000</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3264 </row>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3265 <row>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3266 <entry>Max. B-frames</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3267 <entry>0</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3268 <entry>0</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3269 <entry>0</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3270 <entry>0</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3271 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3272 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3273 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3274 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3275 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3276 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3277 <entry>0</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3278 <entry>1</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3279 <entry>1</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3280 <entry>1</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3281 <entry>1</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3282 <entry>2</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3283 </row>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3284 <row>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3285 <entry>MPEG quantization</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3286 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3287 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3288 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3289 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3290 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3291 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3292 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3293 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3294 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3295 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3296 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3297 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3298 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3299 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3300 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3301 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3302 </row>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3303 <row>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3304 <entry>Adaptive quantization</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3305 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3306 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3307 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3308 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3309 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3310 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3311 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3312 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3313 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3314 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3315 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3316 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3317 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3318 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3319 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3320 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3321 </row>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3322 <row>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3323 <entry>Interlaced encoding</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3324 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3325 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3326 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
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diff changeset
3327 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3328 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3329 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3330 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3331 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3332 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3333 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3334 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3335 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3336 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3337 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3338 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3339 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3340 </row>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3341 <row>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3342 <entry>Quaterpixel</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3343 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3344 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3345 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3346 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3347 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3348 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3349 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3350 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3351 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3352 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3353 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3354 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3355 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3356 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3357 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3358 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3359 </row>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3360 <row>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3361 <entry>Global motion compensation</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3362 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3363 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3364 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3365 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3366 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3367 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3368 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3369 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3370 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3371 <entry>X</entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3372 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3373 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3374 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
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3375 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
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3376 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3377 <entry></entry>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3378 </row>
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gpoirier
parents: 16420
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3379 </tbody>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
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3380 </tgroup>
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gpoirier
parents: 16420
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3381 </informaltable>
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gpoirier
parents: 16420
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3382 </sect2>
16596
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gpoirier
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3383
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
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3384 <sect2 id="menc-feat-xvid-example-settings">
16599
ec3b4dcfc5f9 Nits noticed by Diego
gpoirier
parents: 16596
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3385 <title>Encoding setting examples</title>
16596
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
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3386
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
3387 <para>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
3388 The following settings are examples of different encoding
16599
ec3b4dcfc5f9 Nits noticed by Diego
gpoirier
parents: 16596
diff changeset
3389 option combinations that affect the speed vs quality tradeoff
ec3b4dcfc5f9 Nits noticed by Diego
gpoirier
parents: 16596
diff changeset
3390 at the same target bitrate.
16596
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
3391 </para>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
3392
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
3393 <para>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
3394 All the encoding settings were tested on a 720x448 @30000/1001 fps
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
3395 video sample, the target bitrate was 900kbps, and the machine was an
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
3396 AMD-64 3400+ at 2400 Mhz in 64 bits mode.
16599
ec3b4dcfc5f9 Nits noticed by Diego
gpoirier
parents: 16596
diff changeset
3397 Each encoding setting features the measured encoding speed (in
ec3b4dcfc5f9 Nits noticed by Diego
gpoirier
parents: 16596
diff changeset
3398 frames per second) and the PSNR loss (in dB) compared to the "very
16596
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
3399 high quality" setting.
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
3400 Please understand that depending on your source, your machine type
16599
ec3b4dcfc5f9 Nits noticed by Diego
gpoirier
parents: 16596
diff changeset
3401 and development advancements, you may get very different results.
16596
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
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3402 </para>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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3403
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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3404 <para>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
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3405 <informaltable frame="all">
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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3406 <tgroup cols="4">
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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3407 <thead>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
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3408 <row><entry>Description</entry><entry>Encoding options</entry><entry>speed (in fps)</entry><entry>Relative PSNR loss (in dB)</entry></row>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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3409 </thead>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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3410 <tbody>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
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3411 <row>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
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3412 <entry>Very high quality</entry>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
3413 <entry><option>chroma_opt:vhq=4:bvhq=1:quant_type=mpeg</option></entry>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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3414 <entry>16fps</entry>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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3415 <entry>0dB</entry>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
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3416 </row>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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3417 <row>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
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3418 <entry>High quality</entry>
16606
7a06ad5c5b2c the "psnr" option doesn't really need to be in the encoding setting examples.
gpoirier
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diff changeset
3419 <entry><option>vhq=2:bvhq=1:chroma_opt:quant_type=mpeg</option></entry>
16596
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
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3420 <entry>18fps</entry>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
3421 <entry>-0.1dB</entry>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
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3422 </row>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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3423 <row>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
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3424 <entry>Fast</entry>
16606
7a06ad5c5b2c the "psnr" option doesn't really need to be in the encoding setting examples.
gpoirier
parents: 16605
diff changeset
3425 <entry><option>turbo:vhq=0</option></entry>
16596
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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3426 <entry>28fps</entry>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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diff changeset
3427 <entry>-0.69dB</entry>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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3428 </row>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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diff changeset
3429 <row>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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3430 <entry>Realtime</entry>
16606
7a06ad5c5b2c the "psnr" option doesn't really need to be in the encoding setting examples.
gpoirier
parents: 16605
diff changeset
3431 <entry><option>turbo:nochroma_me:notrellis:max_bframes=0:vhq=0</option></entry>
16596
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
3432 <entry>38fps</entry>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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diff changeset
3433 <entry>-1.48dB</entry>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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3434 </row>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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3435 </tbody>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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3436 </tgroup>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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3437 </informaltable>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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3438 </para>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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diff changeset
3439 </sect2>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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diff changeset
3440
16080
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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3441 </sect1>
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3442
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3443 <sect1 id="menc-feat-x264">
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3444 <title>Encoding with the <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem> codec</title>
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3445 <para>
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3446 <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem> is a free library for
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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3447 encoding H.264/AVC video streams.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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3448 Before starting to encode, you need to <link linkend="codec-x264-encode">
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3449 set up <application>MEncoder</application> to support it</link>.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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3450 </para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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3451
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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3452 <sect2 id="menc-feat-x264-encoding-options">
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3453 <title>Encoding options of x264</title>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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3454
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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3455 <para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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3456 Please begin by reviewing the
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3457 <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem> section of
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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3458 <application>MPlayer</application>'s man page.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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3459 This section is intended to be a supplement to the man page.
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3460 Here you will find quick hints about which options are most
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3461 likely to interest most people. The man page is more terse,
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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3462 but also more exhaustive, and it sometimes offers much better
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3463 technical detail.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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3464 </para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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3465
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3466 <sect3 id="menc-feat-x264-encoding-options-intro">
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3467 <title>Introduction</title>
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3468 <para>This guide considers two major categories of encoding options:</para>
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3469
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3470 <orderedlist>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
3471 <listitem><para>Options which mainly trade off encoding time vs. quality
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3472 </para></listitem>
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parents:
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3473 <listitem><para>Options which may be useful for fulfilling various personal
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3474 preferences and special requirements</para></listitem>
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3478 Ultimately, only you can decide which options are best for your
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3479 purposes. The decision for the first class of options is the simplest:
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3480 you only have to decide whether you think the quality differences
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3481 justify the speed differences. For the second class of options,
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3482 preferences may be far more subjective, and more factors may be
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3483 involved. Note that some of the "personal preferences and special
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3484 requirements" options can still have large impacts on speed or quality,
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3485 but that is not what they are primarily useful for. A couple of the
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3486 "personal preference" options may even cause changes that look better
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3487 to some people, but look worse to others.
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3488 </para>
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diff changeset
3489
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3490 <para>
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3491 Before continuing, you need to understand that this guide uses only one
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3492 quality metric: global PSNR.
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3493 For a brief explanation of what PSNR is, see
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3495 Global PSNR is the last PSNR number reported when you include
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3496 the <option>psnr</option> option in <option>x264encopts</option>.
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3497 Any time you read a claim about PSNR, one of the assumptions
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3498 behind the claim is that equal bitrates are used.
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3499 </para>
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3500
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3501 <para>
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3502 Nearly all of this guide's comments assume you are using
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3503 two pass.
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3504 When comparing options, there are two major reasons for using
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3505 two pass encoding.
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3506 First, using two pass often gains around 1dB PSNR, which is a
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3507 very big difference.
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3508 Secondly, testing options by doing direct quality comparisons
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3509 with one pass encodes introduces a major confounding
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3510 factor: bitrate often varies significantly with each encode.
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3511 It is not always easy to tell whether quality changes are due
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3512 mainly to changed options, or if they mostly reflect essentially
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3513 random differences in the achieved bitrate.
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3514 </para>
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3515
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3516 </sect3>
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diff changeset
3517
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3518 <sect3 id="menc-feat-x264-encoding-options-speedvquality">
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3519 <title>Options which primarily affect speed and quality</title>
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3520
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diff changeset
3521 <itemizedlist>
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3522 <listitem><para>
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3523 <emphasis role="bold">subq</emphasis>:
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3524 Of the options which allow you to trade off speed for quality,
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3525 <option>subq</option> and <option>frameref</option> (see below) are usually
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3526 by far the most important.
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3527 If you are interested in tweaking either speed or quality, these
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3528 are the first options you should consider.
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3529 On the speed dimension, the <option>frameref</option> and
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3530 <option>subq</option> options interact with each other fairly
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3531 strongly.
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3532 Experience shows that, with one reference frame,
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3533 <option>subq=5</option> (the default setting) takes about 35% more time than
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3534 <option>subq=1</option>.
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3535 With 6 reference frames, the penalty grows to over 60%.
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3536 <option>subq</option>'s effect on PSNR seems fairly constant
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3537 regardless of the number of reference frames.
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3538 Typically, <option>subq=5</option> achieves 0.2-0.5 dB higher global
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3539 PSNR in comparison <option>subq=1</option>.
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3540 This is usually enough to be visible.
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3541 </para>
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3542 <para>
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3543 <option>subq=6</option> is the slowest, highest quality mode.
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3544 In comparison to <option>subq=5</option>, it usually gains 0.1-0.4 dB
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3545 global PSNR with speed costs varying from 25%-100%.
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3546 Unlike other levels of <option>subq</option>, the behavior of
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3547 <option>subq=6</option> does not depend much on <option>frameref</option>
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3548 and <option>me</option>. Instead, the effectiveness of <option>subq=6
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3549 </option> depends mostly upon the number of B-frames used. In normal
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3550 usage, this means <option>subq=6</option> has a large impact on both speed
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3551 and quality in complex, high motion scenes, but it may not have much effect
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3552 in low-motion scenes. Note that it is still recommended to always set
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3553 <option>bframes</option> to something other than zero (see below).
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3554 </para></listitem>
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3555 <listitem><para>
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3556 <emphasis role="bold">frameref</emphasis>:
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3557 <option>frameref</option> is set to 1 by default, but this
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3558 should not be taken to imply that it is reasonable to set it
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3559 to 1.
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3560 Merely raising <option>frameref</option> to 2 gains around
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3561 0.15dB PSNR with a 5-10% speed penalty; this seems like a
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3562 good tradeoff.
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3563 <option>frameref=3</option> gains around 0.25dB PSNR over
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3564 <option>frameref=1</option>, which should be a visible
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3565 difference.
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3566 <option>frameref=3</option> is around 15% slower than
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3567 <option>frameref=1</option>.
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3568 Unfortunately, diminishing returns set in rapidly.
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3569 <option>frameref=6</option> can be expected to gain only
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3570 0.05-0.1 dB over <option>frameref=3</option> at an additional
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3571 15% speed penalty.
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3572 Above <option>frameref=6</option>, the quality gains are
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3573 usually very small (although you should keep in mind throughout
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3574 this whole discussion that it can vary quite a lot depending on
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3575 your source).
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3576 In a fairly typical case, <option>frameref=12</option>
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3577 will improve global PSNR by a tiny 0.02dB over
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3578 <option>frameref=6</option>, at a speed cost of 15%-20%.
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3579 At such high <option>frameref</option> values, the only really
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3580 good thing that can be said is that increasing it even further will
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3581 almost certainly never <emphasis role="bold">harm</emphasis>
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3582 PSNR, but the additional quality benefits are barely even
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3583 measurable, let alone perceptible.
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3584 </para>
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3585 <note><title>Note:</title>
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3586 <para>
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3587 Raising <option>frameref</option> to unnecessarily high values
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3588 <emphasis role="bold">can</emphasis> and
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3589 <emphasis role="bold">usually does</emphasis>
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3590 hurt coding efficiency if you turn CABAC off.
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3591 With CABAC on (the default behavior), the possibility of setting
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3592 <option>frameref</option> "too high" currently seems too remote
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3593 to even worry about, and in the future, optimizations may remove
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3594 the possibility altogether.
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3598 If you care about speed, a reasonable compromise is to use low
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3599 <option>subq</option> and <option>frameref</option> values on
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3600 the first pass, and then raise them on the second pass.
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3601 Typically, this has a negligible negative effect on the final
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3602 quality: You will probably lose well under 0.1dB PSNR, which
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3603 should be much too small of a difference to see.
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3604 However, different values of <option>frameref</option> can
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3606 Most likely, these are rare outlying cases, but if you want to
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3607 be pretty sure, consider whether your video has either
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3608 fullscreen repetitive flashing patterns or very large temporary
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3609 occlusions which might force an I-frame.
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3610 Adjust the first-pass <option>frameref</option> so it is large
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3611 enough to contain the duration of the flashing cycle (or occlusion).
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3612 For example, if the scene flashes back and forth between two images
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3614 <option>frameref</option> to 3 or higher.
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3615 This issue is probably extremely rare in live action video material,
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3616 but it does sometimes come up in video game captures.
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3617 </para></listitem>
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3619 <listitem><para>
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3620 <emphasis role="bold">me</emphasis>:
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3621 This option is for choosing the motion estimation search method.
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3622 Altering this option provides a straightforward quality-vs-speed
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3623 tradeoff. <option>me=1</option> is only a few percent faster than
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3624 the default search, at a cost of under 0.1dB global PSNR. The
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3625 default setting (<option>me=2</option>) is a reasonable tradeoff
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3626 between speed and quality. <option>me=3</option> gains a little under
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3627 0.1dB global PSNR, with a speed penalty that varies depending on
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3628 <option>frameref</option>. At high values of
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3629 <option>frameref</option> (e.g. 12 or so), <option>me=3</option>
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3630 is about 40% slower than the default <option> me=2</option>. With
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3631 <option>frameref=3</option>, the speed penalty incurred drops to
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3632 25%-30%.
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3633 </para>
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3634 <para>
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3635 <option>me=4</option> uses an exhaustive search that is too slow for
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3636 practical use.
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3637 </para>
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3638 </listitem>
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3639
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3640 <listitem><para>
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3642 This option enables the use of 8x4, 4x8 and 4x4 subpartitions in
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3643 predicted macroblocks. Enabling it results in a fairly consistent
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3644 10%-15% loss of speed. This option is rather useless in source
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3645 containing only low motion, however in some high-motion source,
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3646 particularly source with lots of small moving objects, gains of
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3647 about 0.1dB can be expected.
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3650
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3651 <listitem><para>
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3652 <emphasis role="bold">bframes</emphasis>:
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3653 If you are used to encoding with other codecs, you may have found
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3654 that B-frames are not always useful.
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3655 In H.264, this has changed: there are new techniques and block
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3656 types that are possible in B-frames.
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3657 Usually, even a naive B-frame choice algorithm can have a
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3658 significant PSNR benefit.
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3659 It is interesting to note that using B-frames usually speeds up
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3660 the second pass somewhat, and may also speed up a single
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3661 pass encode if adaptive B-frame decision is turned off.
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3662 </para>
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3663 <para>
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3664 With adaptive B-frame decision turned off
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3665 (<option>x264encopts</option>'s <option>nob_adapt</option>),
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3666 the optimal value for this setting is usually no more than
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3667 <option>bframes=1</option>, or else high-motion scenes can suffer.
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3668 With adaptive B-frame decision on (the default behavior), it is
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3669 safe to use higher values; the encoder will reduce the use of
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3670 B-frames in scenes where they would hurt compression.
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3671 The encoder rarely chooses to use more than 3 or 4 B-frames;
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3672 setting this option any higher will have little effect.
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3673 </para></listitem>
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3674
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3675 <listitem><para>
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3676 <emphasis role="bold">b_adapt</emphasis>:
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3677 Note: This is on by default.
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3678 </para>
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3679 <para>
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3680 With this option enabled, the encoder will use a reasonably fast
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3681 decision process to reduce the number of B-frames used in scenes that
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3682 might not benefit from them as much.
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3683 You can use <option>b_bias</option> to tweak how B-frame-happy
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3684 the encoder is.
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3685 The speed penalty of adaptive B-frames is currently rather modest,
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3686 but so is the potential quality gain.
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3687 It usually does not hurt, however.
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3688 Note that this only affects speed and frametype decision on the
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3689 first pass.
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3690 <option>b_adapt</option> and <option>b_bias</option> have no
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3691 effect on subsequent passes.
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3692 </para></listitem>
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3693
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3694 <listitem><para>
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3695 <emphasis role="bold">b_pyramid</emphasis>:
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3696 You might as well enable this option if you are using >=2 B-frames;
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3697 as the man page says, you get a little quality improvement at no
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3698 speed cost.
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3699 Note that these videos cannot be read by libavcodec-based decoders
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3700 older than about March 5, 2005.
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3702
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3703 <listitem><para>
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3704 <emphasis role="bold">weight_b</emphasis>:
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3705 In typical cases, there is not much gain with this option.
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3706 However, in crossfades or fade-to-black scenes, weighted
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3707 prediction gives rather large bitrate savings.
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3708 In MPEG-4 ASP, a fade-to-black is usually best coded as a series
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3709 of expensive I-frames; using weighted prediction in B-frames
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3710 makes it possible to turn at least some of these into much smaller
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3711 B-frames.
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diff changeset
3712 Encoding time cost is minimal, as no extra decisions need to be made.
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parents:
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3713 Also, contrary to what some people seem to guess, the decoder
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
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3714 CPU requirements are not much affected by weighted prediction,
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parents:
diff changeset
3715 all else being equal.
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parents:
diff changeset
3716 </para>
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diff changeset
3717 <para>
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parents:
diff changeset
3718 Unfortunately, the current adaptive B-frame decision algorithm
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3719 has a strong tendency to avoid B-frames during fades.
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3720 Until this changes, it may be a good idea to add
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3721 <option>nob_adapt</option> to your x264encopts, if you expect
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3722 fades to have a large effect in your particular video
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parents:
diff changeset
3723 clip.
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parents:
diff changeset
3724 </para></listitem>
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parents:
diff changeset
3725 </itemizedlist>
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diff changeset
3726 </sect3>
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parents:
diff changeset
3727
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diff changeset
3728 <sect3 id="menc-feat-x264-encoding-options-misc-preferences">
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diff changeset
3729 <title>Options pertaining to miscellaneous preferences</title>
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parents:
diff changeset
3730 <itemizedlist>
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diff changeset
3731 <listitem><para>
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diff changeset
3732 <emphasis role="bold">Two pass encoding</emphasis>:
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diff changeset
3733 Above, it was suggested to always use two pass encoding, but there
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diff changeset
3734 are still reasons for not using it. For instance, if you are capturing
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diff changeset
3735 live TV and encoding in realtime, you are forced to use single-pass.
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diff changeset
3736 Also, one pass is obviously faster than two passes; if you use the
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parents:
diff changeset
3737 exact same set of options on both passes, two pass encoding is almost
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diff changeset
3738 twice as slow.
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diff changeset
3739 </para>
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diff changeset
3740 <para>
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gpoirier
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diff changeset
3741 Still, there are very good reasons for using two pass encoding. For
16340
5ceeeb85804c Avoid short forms.
diego
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diff changeset
3742 one thing, single pass ratecontrol is not psychic, and it often makes
5ceeeb85804c Avoid short forms.
diego
parents: 16339
diff changeset
3743 unreasonable choices because it cannot see the big picture. For example,
16080
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diff changeset
3744 suppose you have a two minute long video consisting of two distinct
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diff changeset
3745 halves. The first half is a very high-motion scene lasting 60 seconds
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diff changeset
3746 which, in isolation, requires about 2500kbps in order to look decent.
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diff changeset
3747 Immediately following it is a much less demanding 60-second scene
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diff changeset
3748 that looks good at 300kbps. Suppose you ask for 1400kbps on the theory
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diff changeset
3749 that this is enough to accomodate both scenes. Single pass ratecontrol
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diff changeset
3750 will make a couple of "mistakes" in such a case. First of all, it
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diff changeset
3751 will target 1400kbps in both segments. The first segment may end up
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diff changeset
3752 heavily overquantized, causing it to look unacceptably and unreasonably
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diff changeset
3753 blocky. The second segment will be heavily underquantized; it may look
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3754 perfect, but the bitrate cost of that perfection will be completely
16340
5ceeeb85804c Avoid short forms.
diego
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diff changeset
3755 unreasonable. What is even harder to avoid is the problem at the
16080
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diff changeset
3756 transition between the two scenes. The first seconds of the low motion
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parents:
diff changeset
3757 half will be hugely over-quantized, because the ratecontrol is still
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diff changeset
3758 expecting the kind of bitrate requirements it met in the first half
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parents:
diff changeset
3759 of the video. This "error period" of heavily over-quantized low motion
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diff changeset
3760 will look jarringly bad, and will actually use less than the 300kbps
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diff changeset
3761 it would have taken to make it look decent. There are ways to
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diff changeset
3762 mitigate the pitfalls of single-pass encoding, but they may tend to
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diff changeset
3763 increase bitrate misprediction.
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diff changeset
3764 </para>
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diff changeset
3765 <para>
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diff changeset
3766 Multipass ratecontrol can offer huge advantages over a single pass.
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diff changeset
3767 Using the statistics gathered from the first pass encode, the encoder
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diff changeset
3768 can estimate, with reasonable accuracy, the "cost" (in bits) of
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diff changeset
3769 encoding any given frame, at any given quantizer. This allows for
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diff changeset
3770 a much more rational, better planned allocation of bits between the
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diff changeset
3771 expensive (high-motion) and cheap (low-motion) scenes. See
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diff changeset
3772 <option>qcomp</option> below for some ideas on how to tweak this
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diff changeset
3773 allocation to your liking.
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diff changeset
3774 </para>
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diff changeset
3775 <para>
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diff changeset
3776 Moreover, two passes need not take twice as long as one pass. You can
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diff changeset
3777 tweak the options in the first pass for higher speed and lower quality.
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diff changeset
3778 If you choose your options well, you can get a very fast first pass.
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diff changeset
3779 The resulting quality in the second pass will be slightly lower because size
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diff changeset
3780 prediction is less accurate, but the quality difference is normally much
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diff changeset
3781 too small to be visible. Try, for example, adding
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diff changeset
3782 <option>subq=1:frameref=1</option> to the first pass
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diff changeset
3783 <option>x264encopts</option>. Then, on the second pass, use slower,
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diff changeset
3784 higher-quality options:
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diff changeset
3785 <option>subq=6:frameref=15:4x4mv:me=3</option>
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diff changeset
3786 </para></listitem>
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diff changeset
3787 <listitem><para>
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diff changeset
3788 <emphasis role="bold">Three pass encoding</emphasis>?
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diff changeset
3789
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diff changeset
3790 x264 offers the ability to make an arbitrary number of consecutive
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3791 passes. If you specify <option>pass=1</option> on the first pass,
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diff changeset
3792 then use <option>pass=3</option> on a subsequent pass, the subsequent
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diff changeset
3793 pass will both read the statistics from the previous pass, and write
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diff changeset
3794 its own statistics. An additional pass following this one will have
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diff changeset
3795 a very good base from which to make highly accurate predictions of
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diff changeset
3796 framesizes at a chosen quantizer. In practice, the overall quality
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diff changeset
3797 gain from this is usually close to zero, and quite possibly a third
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diff changeset
3798 pass will result in slightly worse global PSNR than the pass before
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diff changeset
3799 it. In typical usage, three passes help if you get either bad bitrate
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diff changeset
3800 prediction or bad looking scene transitions when using only two passes.
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diff changeset
3801 This is somewhat likely to happen on extremely short clips. There are
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diff changeset
3802 also a few special cases in which three (or more) passes are handy
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diff changeset
3803 for advanced users, but for brevity, this guide omits discussing those
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diff changeset
3804 special cases.
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diff changeset
3805
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diff changeset
3806 </para></listitem>
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diff changeset
3807 <listitem><para>
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diff changeset
3808 <emphasis role="bold">qcomp</emphasis>:
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diff changeset
3809 <option>qcomp</option> trades off the number of bits allocated
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diff changeset
3810 to "expensive" high-motion versus "cheap" low-motion frames. At
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diff changeset
3811 one extreme, <option>qcomp=0</option> aims for true constant
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diff changeset
3812 bitrate. Typically this would make high-motion scenes look completely
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diff changeset
3813 awful, while low-motion scenes would probably look absolutely
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diff changeset
3814 perfect, but would also use many times more bitrate than they
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diff changeset
3815 would need in order to look merely excellent. At the other extreme,
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diff changeset
3816 <option>qcomp=1</option> achieves nearly constant quantization parameter
16340
5ceeeb85804c Avoid short forms.
diego
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diff changeset
3817 (QP). Constant QP does not look bad, but most people think it is more
16080
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diff changeset
3818 reasonable to shave some bitrate off of the extremely expensive scenes
16340
5ceeeb85804c Avoid short forms.
diego
parents: 16339
diff changeset
3819 (where the loss of quality is not as noticeable) and reallocate it to
16080
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parents:
diff changeset
3820 the scenes that are easier to encode at excellent quality.
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diff changeset
3821 <option>qcomp</option> is set to 0.6 by default, which may be slightly
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diff changeset
3822 low for many peoples' taste (0.7-0.8 are also commonly used).
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diff changeset
3823 </para></listitem>
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diff changeset
3824 <listitem><para>
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diff changeset
3825 <emphasis role="bold">keyint</emphasis>:
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diff changeset
3826 <option>keyint</option> is solely for trading off file seekability against
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parents:
diff changeset
3827 coding efficiency. By default, <option>keyint</option> is set to 250. In
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parents:
diff changeset
3828 25fps material, this guarantees the ability to seek to within 10 seconds
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parents:
diff changeset
3829 precision. If you think it would be important and useful to be able to
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parents:
diff changeset
3830 seek within 5 seconds of precision, set <option>keyint=125</option>;
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3831 this will hurt quality/bitrate slightly. If you care only about quality
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3832 and not about seekability, you can set it to much higher values
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3833 (understanding that there are diminishing returns which may become
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3834 vanishingly low, or even zero). The video stream will still have seekable
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3835 points as long as there are some scene changes.
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3836 </para></listitem>
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3837 <listitem><para>
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3838 <emphasis role="bold">deblockalpha, deblockbeta</emphasis>:
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3839 This topic is going to be a bit controversial.
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3840 </para>
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3841 <para>
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3842 H.264 defines a simple deblocking procedure on I-blocks that uses
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3843 pre-set strengths and thresholds depending on the QP of the block
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3844 in question.
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3845 By default, high QP blocks are filtered heavily, and low QP blocks
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3846 are not deblocked at all.
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3847 The pre-set strengths defined by the standard are well-chosen and
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3848 the odds are very good that they are PSNR-optimal for whatever
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3849 video you are trying to encode.
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3850 The <option>deblockalpha</option> and <option>deblockbeta</option>
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3851 parameters allow you to specify offsets to the preset deblocking
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3852 thresholds.
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3853 </para>
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3854 <para>
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3855 Many people seem to think it is a good idea to lower the deblocking
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3856 filter strength by large amounts (say, -3).
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3857 This is however almost never a good idea, and in most cases,
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3858 people who are doing this do not understand very well how
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3859 deblocking works by default.
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3860 </para>
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3861 <para>
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3862 The first and most important thing to know about the in-loop
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3863 deblocking filter is that the default thresholds are almost always
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3864 PSNR-optimal.
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3865 In the rare cases that they are not optimal, the ideal offset is
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3866 plus or minus 1.
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3867 Adjusting deblocking parameters by a larger amount is almost
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3868 guaranteed to hurt PSNR.
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3869 Strengthening the filter will smear more details; weakening the
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3870 filter will increase the appearance of blockiness.
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3871 </para>
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3872 <para>
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3873 It is definitely a bad idea to lower the deblocking thresholds if
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3874 your source is mainly low in spacial complexity (i.e., not a lot
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3875 of detail or noise).
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3876 The in-loop filter does a rather excellent job of concealing
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3877 the artifacts that occur.
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3878 If the source is high in spacial complexity, however, artifacts
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3879 are less noticeable.
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3880 This is because the ringing tends to look like detail or noise.
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3881 Human visual perception easily notices when detail is removed,
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3882 but it does not so easily notice when the noise is wrongly
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3883 represented.
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3884 When it comes to subjective quality, noise and detail are somewhat
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diff changeset
3885 interchangeable.
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3886 By lowering the deblocking filter strength, you are most likely
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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3887 increasing error by adding ringing artifacts, but the eye does
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diff changeset
3888 not notice because it confuses the artifacts with detail.
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diff changeset
3889 </para>
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diff changeset
3890
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diff changeset
3891 <para>
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3892 This <emphasis role="bold">still</emphasis> does not justify
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3893 lowering the deblocking filter strength, however.
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3894 You can generally get better quality noise from postprocessing.
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3895 If your H.264 encodes look too blurry or smeared, try playing with
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3896 <option>-vf noise</option> when you play your encoded movie.
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3897 <option>-vf noise=8a:4a</option> should conceal most mild
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3898 artifacting.
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3899 It will almost certainly look better than the results you
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3900 would have gotten just by fiddling with the deblocking filter.
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3901 </para></listitem>
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3902 </itemizedlist>
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3903 </sect3>
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3904 </sect2>
16277
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3905
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3906 <sect2 id="menc-feat-x264-example-settings">
16599
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3907 <title>Encoding setting examples</title>
16277
d5ff51c5970f Encoding setting examples for x264
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3908
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3909 <para>
d5ff51c5970f Encoding setting examples for x264
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3910 The following settings are examples of different encoding
16599
ec3b4dcfc5f9 Nits noticed by Diego
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3911 option combinations that affect the speed vs quality tradeoff
ec3b4dcfc5f9 Nits noticed by Diego
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3912 at the same target bitrate.
16277
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3913 </para>
d5ff51c5970f Encoding setting examples for x264
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3914
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3915 <para>
d5ff51c5970f Encoding setting examples for x264
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3916 All the encoding settings were tested on a 720x448 @30000/1001 fps
d5ff51c5970f Encoding setting examples for x264
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3917 video sample, the target bitrate was 900kbps, and the machine was an
d5ff51c5970f Encoding setting examples for x264
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3918 AMD-64 3400+ at 2400 Mhz in 64 bits mode.
16599
ec3b4dcfc5f9 Nits noticed by Diego
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3919 Each encoding setting features the measured encoding speed (in
ec3b4dcfc5f9 Nits noticed by Diego
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3920 frames per second) and the PSNR loss (in dB) compared to the "very
16596
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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3921 high quality" setting.
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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diff changeset
3922 Please understand that depending on your source, your machine type
16599
ec3b4dcfc5f9 Nits noticed by Diego
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diff changeset
3923 and development advancements, you may get very different results.
16277
d5ff51c5970f Encoding setting examples for x264
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3924 </para>
d5ff51c5970f Encoding setting examples for x264
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3925
16596
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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3926 <para>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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3927 <informaltable frame="all">
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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3928 <tgroup cols="4">
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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3929 <thead>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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3930 <row><entry>Description</entry><entry>Encoding options</entry><entry>speed (in fps)</entry><entry>Relative PSNR loss (in dB)</entry></row>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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3931 </thead>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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3932 <tbody>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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3933 <row>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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3934 <entry>Very high quality</entry>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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3935 <entry><option>subq=6:4x4mv:8x8dct:me=3:frameref=5:bframes=3:b_pyramid:weight_b</option></entry>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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3936 <entry>6fps</entry>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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3937 <entry>0dB</entry>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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3938 </row>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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3939 <row>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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3940 <entry>High quality</entry>
16606
7a06ad5c5b2c the "psnr" option doesn't really need to be in the encoding setting examples.
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3941 <entry><option>subq=5:4x4mv:8x8dct:frameref=2:bframes=3:b_pyramid:weight_b</option></entry>
16596
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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3942 <entry>13fps</entry>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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3943 <entry>-0.89dB</entry>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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3944 </row>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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3945 <row>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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3946 <entry>Fast</entry>
16606
7a06ad5c5b2c the "psnr" option doesn't really need to be in the encoding setting examples.
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3947 <entry><option>subq=4:bframes=2:b_pyramid:weight_b</option></entry>
16596
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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3948 <entry>17fps</entry>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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3949 <entry>-1.48dB</entry>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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3950 </row>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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3951 </tbody>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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3952 </tgroup>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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3953 </informaltable>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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3954 </para>
16277
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3955 </sect2>
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3956
16080
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3957 </sect1>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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3958
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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3959 <sect1 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd">
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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3960 <title>Using MEncoder to create VCD/SVCD/DVD-compliant files.</title>
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3961
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3962 <sect2 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-constraints">
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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3963 <title>Format Constraints</title>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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3964 <para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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3965 <application>MEncoder</application> is capable of creating VCD, SCVD
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3966 and DVD format MPEG files using the
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3967 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> library.
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4086 <entry>1152 kbps</entry>
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4087 <entry>44100 Hz</entry>
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4088 <entry>MP2</entry>
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4089 <entry>224 kbps</entry>
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4115 For 25 or 24 fps, the maximum is 15.
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4116 The GOP size is set using the <option>keyint</option> option.
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4127 restrictive vbv buffer size of 917 kilobits is allowed.
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4129 bitrates are about half that), and the vbv buffer size is 1835 kilobits.
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4212 854/2.35 = 368
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4214
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4215 <para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
4216 2.35:1 or "Cinemascope" PAL
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
4217 <screen>
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parents:
diff changeset
4218 -vf scale="720:432,expand=720:576 -lavcopts aspect=16/9
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parents:
diff changeset
4219 </screen>
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diff changeset
4220 To calculate the correct scaling size, use the expanded PAL width of
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diff changeset
4221 1024/2.35 = 432
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diff changeset
4222 </para>
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diff changeset
4223
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diff changeset
4224 </sect3>
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parents:
diff changeset
4225
17406
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diff changeset
4226 <sect3 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-a-v-sync">
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diff changeset
4227 <title>Maintaining A/V sync</title>
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parents: 17253
diff changeset
4228 <para>
f5945f8fe876 MEncoder's MPEG muxer needs -vf harddup to function properly, no add a note about this.
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parents: 17253
diff changeset
4229 In order to maintain audio/video synchronization throughout the encode,
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diff changeset
4230 <application>MEncoder</application> has to drop or duplicate frames.
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parents: 17253
diff changeset
4231 This works rather well when muxing into an AVI file, but is almost
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diff changeset
4232 guaranteed to fail to maintain A/V sync with other muxers such as MPEG.
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parents: 17253
diff changeset
4233 This is why it is necessary to append the
f5945f8fe876 MEncoder's MPEG muxer needs -vf harddup to function properly, no add a note about this.
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parents: 17253
diff changeset
4234 <option>harddup</option> video filter at the end of the filter chain
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parents: 17253
diff changeset
4235 to avoid this kind of problem.
f5945f8fe876 MEncoder's MPEG muxer needs -vf harddup to function properly, no add a note about this.
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parents: 17253
diff changeset
4236 You can find more technical information about <option>harddup</option>
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parents: 17253
diff changeset
4237 in the section
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parents: 17253
diff changeset
4238 <link linkend="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-muxing-filter-issues">Improving muxing and A/V sync reliability</link>
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parents: 17253
diff changeset
4239 or in the manual page.
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parents: 17253
diff changeset
4240 </para>
f5945f8fe876 MEncoder's MPEG muxer needs -vf harddup to function properly, no add a note about this.
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parents: 17253
diff changeset
4241 </sect3>
f5945f8fe876 MEncoder's MPEG muxer needs -vf harddup to function properly, no add a note about this.
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parents: 17253
diff changeset
4242
16080
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diff changeset
4243 <sect3 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-output-srate">
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parents:
diff changeset
4244 <title>Sample Rate Conversion</title>
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parents:
diff changeset
4245 <para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
4246 If the audio sample rate in the original file is not the same as
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parents:
diff changeset
4247 required by the target format, sample rate conversion is required.
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parents:
diff changeset
4248 This is achieved using the <option>-srate</option> option and
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parents:
diff changeset
4249 the <option>-af lavcresample</option> audio filter together.
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parents:
diff changeset
4250 </para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
4251 <para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
4252 DVD:
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
4253 <screen>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
4254 -srate 48000 -af lavcresample=48000
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
4255 </screen>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
4256 </para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
4257 <para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
4258 VCD and SVCD:
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
4259 <screen>
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parents:
diff changeset
4260 -srate 44100 -af lavcresample=44100
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
4261 </screen>
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parents:
diff changeset
4262 </para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
4263 </sect3>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
4264 </sect2>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
4265
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
4266 <sect2 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-lavc">
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parents:
diff changeset
4267 <title>Using libavcodec for VCD/SVCD/DVD Encoding</title>
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parents:
diff changeset
4268
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
4269 <sect3 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-lavc-intro">
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
4270 <title>Introduction</title>
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parents:
diff changeset
4271 <para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
4272 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> can be used to
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
4273 create VCD/SVCD/DVD compliant video by using the appropriate options.
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parents:
diff changeset
4274 </para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
4275 </sect3>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
4276
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
4277 <sect3 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-lavc-options">
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
4278 <title>lavcopts</title>
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
4279 <para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
4280 This is a list of fields in <option>-lavcopts</option> that you may
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diff changeset
4281 be required to change in order to make a complaint movie for VCD, SVCD,
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parents:
diff changeset
4282 or DVD:
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parents:
diff changeset
4283 </para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
4284
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
4285 <itemizedlist>
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parents:
diff changeset
4286 <listitem><para>
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diff changeset
4287 <emphasis role="bold">acodec</emphasis>:
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parents:
diff changeset
4288 <option>mp2</option> for VCD, SVCD, or PAL DVD;
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diff changeset
4289 <option>ac3</option> is most commonly used for DVD.
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parents:
diff changeset
4290 PCM audio may also be used for DVD, but this is mostly a big waste of
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diff changeset
4291 space.
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gpoirier
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diff changeset
4292 Note that MP3 audio is not compliant for any of these formats, but
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
4293 players often have no problem playing it anyway.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
4294 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
4295
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
4296 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
4297 <emphasis role="bold">abitrate</emphasis>:
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diff changeset
4298 224 for VCD; up to 384 for SVCD; up to 1536 for DVD, but commonly
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diff changeset
4299 used values range from 192 kbps for stereo to 384 kbps for 5.1 channel
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diff changeset
4300 sound.
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diff changeset
4301 </para></listitem>
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diff changeset
4302
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
4303 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
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diff changeset
4304 <emphasis role="bold">vcodec</emphasis>:
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diff changeset
4305 <option>mpeg1video</option> for VCD;
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diff changeset
4306 <option>mpeg2video</option> for SVCD;
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diff changeset
4307 <option>mpeg2video</option> is usually used for DVD but you may also use
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diff changeset
4308 <option>mpeg1video</option> for CIF resolutions.
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parents:
diff changeset
4309 </para></listitem>
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parents:
diff changeset
4310
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diff changeset
4311 <listitem><para>
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diff changeset
4312 <emphasis role="bold">keyint</emphasis>:
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diff changeset
4313 Used to set the GOP size.
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diff changeset
4314 18 for 30fps material, or 15 for 25/24 fps material.
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diff changeset
4315 Commercial producers seem to prefer keyframe intervals of 12.
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diff changeset
4316 It is possible to make this much larger and still retain compatibility
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diff changeset
4317 with most players.
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diff changeset
4318 A <option>keyint</option> of 25 should never cause any problems.
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diff changeset
4319 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
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diff changeset
4320
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
4321 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
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diff changeset
4322 <emphasis role="bold">vrc_buf_size</emphasis>:
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gpoirier
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diff changeset
4323 327 for VCD, 917 for SVCD, and 1835 for DVD.
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diff changeset
4324 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
4325
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
4326 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
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diff changeset
4327 <emphasis role="bold">vrc_minrate</emphasis>:
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diff changeset
4328 1152, for VCD. May be left alone for SVCD and DVD.
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diff changeset
4329 </para></listitem>
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diff changeset
4330
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
4331 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
4332 <emphasis role="bold">vrc_maxrate</emphasis>:
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diff changeset
4333 1152 for VCD; 2500 for SVCD; 9800 for DVD.
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diff changeset
4334 For SVCD and DVD, you might wish to use lower values depending on your
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diff changeset
4335 own personal preferences and requirements.
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diff changeset
4336 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
4337
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
4338 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
4339 <emphasis role="bold">vbitrate</emphasis>:
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4340 1152 for VCD;
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4391 options to lavcopts, such as <option>trell</option>,
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4396 be useful to add <option>dc=10</option> to lavcopts.
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4398 Putting it all together, this is an example of a set of lavcopts for a
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4421 however it should always be available to use.
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4462 For DVD with 5.1 channel sound:
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4463 <screen>
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4464 -channels 6 -oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=ac3:abitrate=384
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4465 </screen>
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4489 harddup -srate 48000 -af lavcresample=48000 -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg2video:\
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4504 abitrate=192:aspect=16/9 -ofps 30000/1001 \
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4509
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4515 mencoder -oac copy -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd -vf scale=720:576,\
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4527 <screen>
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4566 mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=xvcd -vf \
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4578 <screen>
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diff changeset
4579 mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=xvcd -vf \
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4580 scale=352:240,harddup -srate 44100 -af lavcresample=44100 -lavcopts \
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4581 vcodec=mpeg1video:keyint=18:vrc_buf_size=327:vrc_minrate=1152:vbitrate=1152:\
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4582 vrc_maxrate=1152:acodec=mp2:abitrate=224 -ofps 30000/1001 \
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4583 -o <replaceable>movie.mpg</replaceable> <replaceable>movie.avi</replaceable>
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4584 </screen>
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4585 </para>
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4586 </sect3>
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4587
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4588 </sect2>
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4589
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4590 </sect1>
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4591
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4592 </chapter>