Re: MPEG1 encoding artifacts

Hallo

Steven Boswell II wrote:
> I don't suppose Andrew Stevens is still involved with the project, is 
> he?  (As if I have any right to ask. :-)  The latest mpeg2enc seems to 
> generate a lot of artifacts when I try to use it to make VideoCD-grade 
> video.  Attached to this letter is a JPEG with an example.  (The 
> DVD-grade video I made at the same time looks perfect.)
> 
> I have a 160k clip.yuv.bz2 file that can be used to reproduce the 
> problem, plus the shell script that produced the clip.
> 
> Alternately, does anyone know what path should be followed to learn the 
> mpeg2enc code to the point where one can actively develop it?  The last 
> time I looked at it, I couldn't make heads or tails of anything, but I'm 
> probably missing lots of necessary background info.
What encoding do you use ?
I use that command:
lav2yuv $i | mpeg2enc -f 1 -4 1 -2 1 -N 1.5 -M 2 -o video.m1v

I still encode to VCD, but don't use it afterwards.
I have checked several videos but never seen such extreme artifacts.

auf hoffentlich bald,

Berni the Chaos of Woodquarter

Email: [email protected]
www: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~gz/bernhard

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