# HG changeset patch # User gpoirier # Date 1113218028 0 # Node ID 4d25185dedaa9731d5fc86cae07cbe8299b1e241 # Parent 8aff72f4082d5b6292f7a01fc6870abb706f7d6d Fixes suggested by The Wanderer. diff -r 8aff72f4082d -r 4d25185dedaa DOCS/tech/snow.txt --- a/DOCS/tech/snow.txt Mon Apr 11 08:58:40 2005 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/tech/snow.txt Mon Apr 11 11:13:48 2005 +0000 @@ -10,14 +10,15 @@ command line. -OPTIONS OBEYED BY SNOW +OPTIONS RECOGNIZED BY SNOW * vqscale=<0.01-255> - Encoding quality, sane range 1-10, default: 0 (lossless). + Encoding quality, sane range 1-10, default: 0 (lossless). May be + fractional. A given quality in snow needs a somewhat lower qscale than the same quality in MPEG-4. Note that 0 may not be specified; if you want lossless encoding, you - must leave out vqscale. (Yes, quantizer can be fractional.) + must leave out vqscale. * cmp, subcmp, mbcmp Set the comparison function, default: 0 (SAD). @@ -34,9 +35,9 @@ * last_pred=<0-3> Tries a few extra predicted motion vectors before doing EPZS search, - default=0. + default: 0. This option has negligible effect on both speed and quality of snow, - so just leave it off. (it does, however, help mpeg4.) + so just leave it off. (It does, however, help MPEG-4.) * qpel Refines motion estimation, default: off. @@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ * v4mv Allows smaller motion partitions, default: off. The current MB decision algorithm doesn't make very good use of this: - It improves quality, but also increases bitrate. (and you could get + It improves quality, but also increases bitrate. (You could get more quality per bitrate by reducing quantizer instead.)