[x265] ME Search method in X265

[Steve Borho]

On 03/18, Niras C.V. wrote:
> Hi,
> Could you please tell me how you find mv in X265, when I checked the code,
> I understand that it is always use a 8x8 blocks for finding mv, why don't
> you use larger blocks sizes, like 16x4, 16x16 etc?
> 
> Or am I made any mistake in understanding the code (HEX search) ?

Please send questions to x265-devel at videolan.org

You have probably encountered the lookahead motion search in
slicetype.cpp which always works on 8x8 blocks. The main motion search
is performed by predInterSearch() in search.cpp.

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Steve Borho