[x264-devel] Number of NALs and NAL size

[Jason Garrett-Glaser]

On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 10:41 PM, Karthick Kumar <karthik1990r at gmail.com> wrote:
> yes, I'm able to control the number of NAL's using this method only if
> i_threads parameter <= I_slice_count. Can you please tell Why is it so and
> the relation between threads and slices?

If you're using sliced threads, each thread by definition must have
its own slice. In that case, telling x264 to generate fewer slices
than threads is literally impossible.

Jason