[x265] Nit in x265 docs about lookahead slices

Steve Borho steve at borho.org
Mon Mar 30 17:25:56 CEST 2015


On 03/30, Mario *LigH* Rohkr??mer wrote:
> (Just a stub, have no experience with diff, sorry...)
> 
> doc/reST/cli.rts:
> 
> 	The encoder may internally lower the number of slices to ensure
> 	each slice codes at least 10 16x16 rows of lowres blocks. If slices
> -	are used in lookahead, the are logged in the list of tools as
> +	are used in lookahead, they are logged in the list of tools as
> 	*lslices*.

thanks

> In addition, a question: If I understood correctly, raising their number is
> usually not recommended (only useful for low adaptive B-frame modes, and
> probably with little impact)?

That is pretty much it. I suggest leaving them off unless you can do A|B
testing with them to determine whether the compression loss is worth the
small performance gains in your use case.

-- 
Steve Borho


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