Assassinator Wrote:Actually, I don;t think it's the original. Open it in a hex editor, and search x264, you will find the x264 settings used for the encode. So it was encoded with x264, and so I kinda doubt was the original.

Yeah, it was encoded with MP4Box. Now i remember - I got it from Digital Digest. And that's what i ment by "original" - it was the original download, but surely not the original video! I have no idea how or where to get the raw original, maybe visit the local cinema and go through their projector room!?!? Lol not trying to patronize - I seriously don't know, I guess the uncompressed originals are not publically available.

Assassinator Wrote:x264 --crf "something" --ref 12 --mixed-refs --no-fast-pskip --bframes 6 --b-adapt 2 --b-pyramid --weightb --direct auto --deblock -1:-1 --subme 8 --trellis 2 --psy-rd 1.0:0.5 --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i4x4,i8x8 --8x8dct --me umh --merange 24 --threads auto --thread-input --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output "output" "input"

One problem with that video - I can't play it on the PSP! It's not in an MP4 container and the resolution is way too high! This was something I was interested in if you forgot - having AVC encoded videos that are decent for both PC and PSP playback. I know that the Level 3 Profile isn't the most effective capability, but surely AVC even at PSP compatible settings would still give better compression/quality than the current "standard" or "norm" for videos - XviD/DivX?

Assassinator Wrote:For anime, you'd want more ref frames and b frames than for real life content.

This makes sense. I've done a lot of reading and will definately remember this one, now that I've heard it from a few completely different sources.

Assassinator Wrote:(by the way, if you got my file, you can look at the x264 settings by using a hex editor and searching "x264". Should be somewhere at the start of the file).

Yep, I see em. Honestly, I think I'm going to stick with TMPGEnc - it's just easier to use - and I have lifetime updates of it too =D  Maybe I can make a suggestion to increase MPEG-4 AVC customization options....

Assassinator Wrote:That was actually a filtered encode. I went and did a bit of (mild) denoise on the original. So there is probably even more noise (and most likely also detail) previously in the original.

You rotten cheat! LOL! Haha kidding... seriously though, I used no filters at all [apart from "resample with Lanczos-3 method" of course] as filters are technically externel to the encoder process as far as I know [if you've used VirtualDub a lot you'll know what I mean by that]. But yeah, some encoder programs have support for filters added in - still, that is part of the software ;)


Well I havn't started converting my videos yet still, so I'm still going to do some tests and research and make a few good profiles - as long as it gives me equal/comparative quality to XviD/DivX Pro at a smaller filesize, I'll be happy!  =)