[x265] [x265 PATCH] cli.rst: Fix --level-idc document

Aruna Matheswaran aruna at multicorewareinc.com
Tue May 25 06:58:42 UTC 2021


>From 82786fccce10379be439243b6a776dc2f5918cb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aruna <aruna at multicorewareinc.com>
Date: Tue, 25 May 2021 12:20:03 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] cli.rst: Fix --level-idc document

---
 doc/reST/cli.rst | 12 ++++--------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/reST/cli.rst b/doc/reST/cli.rst
index 2f556326b..4154221af 100755
--- a/doc/reST/cli.rst
+++ b/doc/reST/cli.rst
@@ -632,9 +632,8 @@ Profile, Level, Tier
  auto-detection by the encoder. If specified, the encoder will
  attempt to bring the encode specifications within that specified
  level. If the encoder is unable to reach the level it issues a
- warning and aborts the encode. If the requested requirement level is
- higher than the actual level, the actual requirement level is
- signaled.
+ warning and aborts the encode. The requested level will be signaled
+ in the bitstream even if it is higher than the actual level.

  Beware, specifying a decoder level will force the encoder to enable
  VBV for constant rate factor encodes, which may introduce
@@ -714,11 +713,8 @@ Profile, Level, Tier
  (main, main10, etc). Second, an encoder is created from this
  x265_param instance and the :option:`--level-idc` and
  :option:`--high-tier` parameters are used to reduce bitrate or other
- features in order to enforce the target level. Finally, the encoder
- re-examines the final set of parameters and detects the actual
- minimum decoder requirement level and this is what is signaled in
- the bitstream headers. The detected decoder level will only use High
- tier if the user specified a High tier level.
+ features in order to enforce the target level. The detected decoder level
+ will only use High tier if the user specified a High tier level.

  The signaled profile will be determined by the encoder's internal
  bitdepth and input color space. If :option:`--keyint` is 0 or 1,
-- 
2.20.1.windows.1


-- 
Regards,
*Aruna Matheswaran,*
Video Codec Engineer,
Media & AI analytics BU,
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