Fast h264 encoding settings?

[Emess]

x264 --longhelp, and google the TERMS you don't understand. The longhelp is perfectly adequate docu, it's more that people don't understand the general terms used rather than the documentation itself.

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[lubczyk]

Ok, I've decided on this:

program --qp 16 --level 4.1 --ref 8 --deblock 1:2 --no-cabac --subme 1 --partitions none --me dia --merange 12 --threads auto --thread-input --progress --no-psnr --no-ssim --output "output" "input"

It works quickly, gives less errors and creates a decent file size for my needs.

Thanks to everyone for the help!!!

[Utils]

Originally Posted by comatose

Coupled with some research (that's trial and error), yes, it is.

Exactly, if something is unclear then you learn by doing and compare the results. See also: doom9

[lubczyk]

BTW, what Deblocking option should I use?

I've seen

0:0
1:1
1:2
-1:-1
-1:-2
-2:-1
-2:-2

used. Which gives the best results in 2D animated content?

[Dark Shikari]

Originally Posted by lubczyk

BTW, what Deblocking option should I use?

I've seen

0:0
1:1
1:2
-1:-1
-1:-2
-2:-1
-2:-2

used. Which gives the best results in 2D animated content?

Generally higher settings give better results on anime unless you're trying to keep grain or extremely fine detail, in which case lower can help a bit.