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Encoding setting examples for x264

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  would have gotten just by fiddling with the deblocking filter.
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<sect1 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd">
<title>Using MEncoder to create VCD/SVCD/DVD-compliant files.</title>

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  would have gotten just by fiddling with the deblocking filter.
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<sect2 id="menc-feat-x264-example-settings">
<title>Encoding settings examples</title>

<para>
  The following settings are examples of different encoding
  options combinations that affect the speed VS quality tradeoff
  given the same target bitrate.

  If you are aiming at perfect quality without too much thinking and
  no size limitation, a low constant quantizer encode (like with
  <option>qp_constant=18</option>) with no B-frames
  (<option>bframes=0</option>) will probably look very good, but
  will needlessly spend lots of bits to encode details that could be
  coded more wisely using some advanced settings.
</para>

<para>
  All the encoding settings were tested on a 720x448 @30000/1001 fps
  video sample, the target bitrate was 900kbps, and the machine was an
  AMD-64 3400+ at 2400 Mhz in 64 bits mode.
  Each encoding setting is followed by the encoding speed (in frames
  per seconds), the compression efficiency loss (in percent of bitrate)
  compared to the "very high quality" setting, and the PSNR loss (in dB).
  Please understand that depending on your source your machine type
  and the development breakthrough, you may get very different results.
</para>

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<listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Very high quality:</emphasis>
<option>subq=6:4x4mv:8x8dct:me=3:frameref=5:bframes=3:b_pyramid:weight_b</option>
6fps, 0%, 0dB.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">High quality:</emphasis>
<option>subq=5:4x4mv:8x8dct:frameref=2:bframes=3:b_pyramid:weight_b:psnr</option>
13fps, -13%, -0.89dB.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Fast:</emphasis>
<option>subq=4:bframes=2:b_pyramid:weight_b:psnr</option>
17fps, -20%, -1.48dB.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd">
<title>Using MEncoder to create VCD/SVCD/DVD-compliant files.</title>