[x264-devel] Number of bits in a macroblock.

[Loren Merritt]

On Wed, 29 Sep 2010, Andrew Jackson wrote:

> The H.264 appendix A.3.1, item n, says that the number of bits in a 
> macroblock should not be greater than 3200 for profiles baseline, constrained 
> baseline, main or extended.  Does x264 enforce this restriction?

x264 includes PCM in the candidate modes if non-psy RDO is used, which 
has a side effect of enforcing that limit. But otherwise no.

--Loren Merritt