On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 13:07, Steven M. Schultz wrote: > On 11 Nov 2003, Florin Andrei wrote: > > > So, essentially you're saying that MPEG2 without B-frames is perfectly > > legal from the DVD standards p.o.v., right? > > They are, and always have been, optional. Nothing says that B > frames _must_ be used. In many cases they are a win but with > less than perfect source material there are times when they lose > and you're better off with more P frames.
What is _your_ source? Mine is a recent el-cheapo Sony digital camcorder (DCR TRV240); kinda good in full daylight, but rather noisy in indoors scenes. Is that less than perfect enough to warrant dropping the B-frames? (i know, i have to try before knowing for sure, but i'm curious what your estimate is) -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: ApacheCon 2003, 16-19 November in Las Vegas. Learn firsthand the latest developments in Apache, PHP, Perl, XML, Java, MySQL, WebDAV, and more! http://www.apachecon.com/ _______________________________________________ Mjpeg-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mjpeg-users
