[x264-devel] x264-devel Digest, Vol 45, Issue 17

[Jason Garrett-Glaser]

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 1:42 AM, Ajit Deshpande
<ajitsdeshpande at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Feb 10, 2011, at 12:17 PM, Patrick White wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > Hi Dennis,
>> >
>> > There is indeed a parameter to change, in the x264_param_t struct, the
>> > "i_slice_max_size" variable.
>> >
>> > There are also related options for macro-blocks and slices.
>> >
>
> Just curious about how "i_slice_max_size" would work exactly. Would setting
> this parameter influence the - Motion estimation, mode decision algorithm &
> rate control blocks in the
> encoder such that this max slice size limit is adhered to?
>
> thank you.
>
> -AD

Encode MBs until the slice max size is exceeded.  Then back up to the
one just before and end the slice.

Jason