[x265] [ANN] x265 1.3

Steve Borho steve at borho.org
Fri Aug 22 07:32:36 CEST 2014


version 1.3 of x265 is a regularly scheduled feature release

The primary changes in this release are the completion and tuning of the
psycho-visual optimizations and new support for multiple pass encoding.

--psy-rd and --psy-rdoq are now completed and scaled such their
recommended initial values are 1.0.

Multipass encodes are now possible with --pass N and --stats FNAME

As usual, full documentation is at: http://x265.readthedocs.org/en/1.3/

= API Changes =

* param.bEmitInfoSEI, --[no-]info
  include an SEI identifying the encoder and encoding options.

* param.bHighTier --high-tier
  specify tier (used in conjunction with --level-idc)

* param.bEnableFastIntra --[no-]fast-intra
  Use a gradient descent to scan angular intra modes

* param.totalFrames 
  optional indicator of total frame count, may improve rate control

* param.scalingLists
  specify custom quantization matrices, "default" or filename

* param.psyRdoq
  Psycho-visual optimizations for quantization

* param.bEnableSlowFirstPass
  All first pass encodes are run in *turbo* mode unless this option is
  enabled.

-- 
Steve Borho


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