"Alpha Sector" <al@nospam.com> wrote in message
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Did you watch the video test in frame by frame? Every 3rd or 4th frame of
the Tmpg video is very noisy, and I can now notice it during normal playback
speed. The MC codec did not have this problem. Also, fast moving scenes
rendered much better with the MC encoder. I did tests at 4, 6 and 8 mbps.
Handheld home video tends to have alot of motion, so this was a big factor
in my decision of what encoder to use.

Now, when you're talking CQ mode, something that I have yet to play with, I
have a feeling that things might be different. Myself, using Vegas + DVDA,
I can set markers on the timeline and when rendered, they are read as
chapter points by DVDA. That's the easiest way to set chapter points I've
ever seen.

Sanman

"Sanman" <me@you.com> wrote:
By my measurements, TMPGEnc allows the B frames to have a *much* worse
SNR than the I and P frames in all encoding modes. An SNR graph of a
video from TMPGEnc is very bumpy compared to MainConcept (the only
other encoder I've spent a signficant amount of time with).

I agree if you insert "interlaced video" into that sentence--MC seems to
handle interlaced video noticably better.

Sam