[x264-devel] default level

[Jason Garrett-Glaser]

On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Mathieu Monnier <manao at melix.net> wrote:
>> Why would you say that?  16 refs is decodable for SD at 4.1,
>
> But preferred level for SD is 3.0, which allows for 5 frames, and that's
> roughly what apple tv does, if I'm not mistaken

But if you're encoding for a L4.1-supporting hardware device (by far
the most popular level of High Profile), why would this matter?

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