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<sect3 id="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-resolution-bitrate-compute">
<title>Computing the resolution</title>
<para>
  The following steps will guide you in computing the resolution of your
  encode without distorting the video too much, by taking into account several
  information about the souce video.
  First, you should compute the encoded aspect ratio:
  <systemitem>ARc = (Wc x (ARa / PRdvd )) / Hc</systemitem>
<itemizedlist>
<title>where:</title>
<listitem><para>

  are not enough bits to code the information of each macroblock. (MPEG4, like
  many other codecs, groups pixels by blocks of several pixels to compress the
  image; if there are not enough bits, the edges of those blocks are
  visible.)
  It is therefore wise to take a CQ ranging from 0.20 to 0.22 for a 1 CD rip,
  and 0.26-0.28 for 2 CDs with standard encoding options.
  More advanced encoding options such as those listed here for
  <link linkend="menc-feat-mpeg4-lavc-example-settings"><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem></link>
  and
<link linkend="menc-feat-xvid-example-settings"><systemitem class="library">XviD</systemitem></link>
  should make it possible to get the same quality with CQ ranging from
  0.18 to 0.20 for a 1 CD rip, and 0.24-0.26 for 2 CDs
  With MPEG-4 ASP codecs such as <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem>,
  you can use a CQ ranging from 0.14 to 0.16 with standard encoding options,
  and should be able to go as low as 0.10 to 0.12 with
  <link linkend="menc-feat-x264-example-settings"><systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem>'s advanced encoding settings</link>.
</para>

  the encoded content, a CQ of 0.18 may look just fine for a Bergman, contrary
  to a movie such as The Matrix, which contains many high-motion scenes.
  On the other hand, it is worthless to raise CQ higher than 0.30 as you would
  be wasting bits without any noticeable quality gain.
  Also note that as mentioned earlier in this guide, low resolution videos
  need a bigger CQ (compared to for ex. DVD-resolution) to look good.
</para>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<row><entry>Description</entry><entry>Encoding options</entry><entry>speed (in fps)</entry><entry>Relative PSNR loss (in dB)</entry></row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
  <entry>Very high quality</entry>
  <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:vme=5:naq:qns=2</option></entry>
  <entry>6fps</entry>
  <entry>0dB</entry>
</row>
<row>
  <entry>High quality</entry>

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<sect3 id="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-resolution-bitrate-compute">
<title>Computing the resolution</title>
<para>
  The following steps will guide you in computing the resolution of your
  encode without distorting the video too much, by taking into account several
  types of information about the source video.
  First, you should compute the encoded aspect ratio:
  <systemitem>ARc = (Wc x (ARa / PRdvd )) / Hc</systemitem>
<itemizedlist>
<title>where:</title>
<listitem><para>

  are not enough bits to code the information of each macroblock. (MPEG4, like
  many other codecs, groups pixels by blocks of several pixels to compress the
  image; if there are not enough bits, the edges of those blocks are
  visible.)
  It is therefore wise to take a CQ ranging from 0.20 to 0.22 for a 1 CD rip,
  and 0.26-0.28 for 2 CDs rip with standard encoding options.
  More advanced encoding options such as those listed here for
  <link linkend="menc-feat-mpeg4-lavc-example-settings"><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem></link>
  and
<link linkend="menc-feat-xvid-example-settings"><systemitem class="library">XviD</systemitem></link>
  should make it possible to get the same quality with CQ ranging from
  0.18 to 0.20 for a 1 CD rip, and 0.24-0.26 for 2 CDs rip.
  With MPEG-4 ASP codecs such as <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem>,
  you can use a CQ ranging from 0.14 to 0.16 with standard encoding options,
  and should be able to go as low as 0.10 to 0.12 with
  <link linkend="menc-feat-x264-example-settings"><systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem>'s advanced encoding settings</link>.
</para>

  the encoded content, a CQ of 0.18 may look just fine for a Bergman, contrary
  to a movie such as The Matrix, which contains many high-motion scenes.
  On the other hand, it is worthless to raise CQ higher than 0.30 as you would
  be wasting bits without any noticeable quality gain.
  Also note that as mentioned earlier in this guide, low resolution videos
  need a bigger CQ (compared to for instance DVD-resolution) to look good.
</para>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<row><entry>Description</entry><entry>Encoding options</entry><entry>speed (in fps)</entry><entry>Relative PSNR loss (in dB)</entry></row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
  <entry>Very high quality</entry>
  <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>
  <entry>6fps</entry>
  <entry>0dB</entry>
</row>
<row>
  <entry>High quality</entry>