[x264-devel] Re: no gain in 2PASS for very low bitrates

[Guillaume POIRIER]

Hi,

On 12/25/05, Patrick Lefevre <pat at wischip.com> wrote:
> I have used 10,000 frames content (with bunch of scene changes) @ 30fps
> in 2 pass mode. 1080p is still excellent quality down to 2Mb (4Mb peak).
> What is considered low bit-rate?]. For playback, I used mplayer,
> otherwise the decoding filter appears too slow (?), at least if used
> with mediaplayer. [1221 snapshot]

My definition low low bitrate is when you encode a DVD size video with
a bit per pixel ratio lower than 0.9 with a H.264 codec. Some ppl
won't agree with that as it widely depends on what kind of quality you
target.

Guillaume
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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
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MPlayer's doc is offline. Find some fresh one here:
http://tuxrip.free.fr//MPlayer-DOCS-HTML/en/
http://tuxrip.free.fr//MPlayer-DOCS-HTML/fr/

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