Re: [Mjpeg-users] mpeg2enc is feeling better

2007-11-06 Thread Andrew Stevens
Hi Andrei, > Well, yeah, but code doesn't change all by itself - there are people > making the decisions, etc. Basically, it looks like mjpegtools has a too > long development cycle. All the good stuff is always in CVS, and it > stays there for years. I guess you're probably still a young fellow

Re: [Mjpeg-users] mpeg2enc options

2007-11-06 Thread Andrew Stevens
On Tuesday 06 November 2007 07:59:35 Florin Andrei wrote: > -A|--ratecontroller > What's the difference between 0 and 1? > > Ever played with larger values for -r when the source is a fairly good > (new) DV camcorder? Worth bumping it up? None (at present). -A 0 currently selects a limited local

Re: [Mjpeg-users] hi-res matrix - not the best image quality?

2007-11-06 Thread Andrew Stevens
Hi Andrei, > Is it possible that the hi-res matrix does not provide the best image > quality? It is very possible! The 'hi-res' matrix does not roll of higher coefficients for inter-coded frames at all. As such it only sane if you have LOTS of bits. If you have less bits a matrix that trades

Re: [Mjpeg-users] hi-res matrix - not the best image quality?

2007-11-06 Thread Bernhard Praschinger
Hallo Florin Andrei wrote: > Is it possible that the hi-res matrix does not provide the best image > quality? > My goal is to obtain the highest image quality possible, while the MPEG2 > stream remains compatible with as many DVD players as possible. > > Using mjpegtools-1.9.0-rc2 The RC2 has a

Re: [Mjpeg-users] mpeg2enc is feeling better

2007-11-06 Thread Bernhard Praschinger
Hallo >> The author/maintainer of mpeg2enc has obtained a modicum of >> development/free time and has checked in, today, changes to >> mpeg2enc that restore (or should restore ;)) normal operation >> and produce non corrupted video. >> >> So, do a 'cvs update', rebuild an

Re: [Mjpeg-users] mpeg2enc is feeling better

2007-11-06 Thread Florin Andrei
Andrew Stevens wrote: > > I would *love* to get a solid 8-16 hours a week in on mpeg2enc/mplex like I > used to years ago but I now have (in no particular order): a wife, a young > son (cute!), a day-job doing equally interesting SW engineering, a house, and > enough money to indulge my motorcy

Re: [Mjpeg-users] mpeg2enc options

2007-11-06 Thread Florin Andrei
Andrew Stevens wrote: > > The major changes / bugs in the 1.9 revision of mpeg2enc relate to major > internal changes needed to support this internal encoding and re-encoding of > images (and provided hooks for improving multi-core scalability). So how usable is 2-pass encoding with 1.9.0-rc?

Re: [Mjpeg-users] mpeg2enc options

2007-11-06 Thread Andrew Stevens
Hi Andrei, > So how usable is 2-pass encoding with 1.9.0-rc? Not at all useable - there's still some bits not yet programmed. The -A 0 stuff is all there and up and running already. > Is 2-pass already documented somewhere? (for users, not for programmers) There's not much to document it actual

Re: [Mjpeg-users] mpeg2enc options

2007-11-06 Thread Florin Andrei
Andrew Stevens wrote: > > There's not much to document it actually be easier to use. Simply tell it > how > big you want the end-result to be and the maximum data-rate that can be > handled and the encoder will worry about the rest itself. That's excellent. Currently I set the max bitrate to

Re: [Mjpeg-users] hi-res matrix - not the best image quality?

2007-11-06 Thread Florin Andrei
lm -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/opt/mjpegtools/lib ./.libs/liblavplay.so: undefined reference to `XOpenDisplay' ./.libs/liblavplay.so: undefined reference to `XGetWindowAttributes' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[2]: *** [lavplay] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/florin/work/mjpeg_play-cvs

Re: [Mjpeg-users] mpeg2enc options

2007-11-06 Thread Burkhard Plaum
Hi, Andrew Stevens schrieb: > Hi Andrei, > [...] >> Is 2-pass already documented somewhere? (for users, not for programmers) > There's not much to document it actually be easier to use. Simply tell it > how > big you want the end-result to be and the maximum data-rate that can be > handled an

Re: [Mjpeg-users] hi-res matrix - not the best image quality?

2007-11-06 Thread Steven M. Schultz
On Tue, 6 Nov 2007, Florin Andrei wrote: > I checked out the CVS about 30 minutes ago. make fails. > rc2 compiles just fine. Current cvs compiled fine this weekend on a SuSE 10.2 system so it is puzzling why the problem: > /usr/lib/libSDL.so -lm -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/opt/mjpegtools/l

Re: [Mjpeg-users] hi-res matrix - not the best image quality?

2007-11-06 Thread Florin Andrei
trm_out.o -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/home/florin/work/mjpeg_play-cvs-20071106/utils/.libs -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/opt/mjpegtools/lib ../utils/.libs/libmjpegutils.so -L/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2 -L/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../../lib -L/lib/../lib -L/usr/lib/../lib -lstdc++ -lm -lc -lgcc_s

Re: [Mjpeg-users] hi-res matrix - not the best image quality?

2007-11-06 Thread Steven M. Schultz
plex2.la -lm -lm > g++ -march=k8 -mtune=k8 -g -O2 -pthread -o .libs/mplex main.o > ./.libs/libmplex2.so -lm -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/opt/mjpegtools/lib > ./.libs/libmplex2.so: undefined reference to `mjpeg_loglev_t' > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > make[2]: *** [mplex] Error

Re: [Mjpeg-users] hi-res matrix - not the best image quality?

2007-11-06 Thread Florin Andrei
Steven M. Schultz wrote: > correct. If I run "sdl-config --libs" here I see: > > -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib -lSDL -lm -ldl -L/usr/X11R6/lib > -lX1 -lXext > > which means that since SDL uses/needs the X11 libraries it includes > them and doesn't rely on the high

Re: [Mjpeg-users] hi-res matrix - not the best image quality?

2007-11-06 Thread Steven M. Schultz
On Tue, 6 Nov 2007, Florin Andrei wrote: > > which means that since SDL uses/needs the X11 libraries it includes > > them and doesn't rely on the higher level applications adding them. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sdl-config --libs > -L/usr/lib -lSDL Hmmm, but if SDL calls X

[Mjpeg-users] rate control issues with current CVS?

2007-11-06 Thread Florin Andrei
0 bits/sec Peak bit-rate: 7946400 bits/sec cvs-20071106 low light: Average bit-rate : 7076000 bits/sec Peak bit-rate: 10113600 bits/sec daylight: Average bit-rate : 8059600 bits/sec Pea

Re: [Mjpeg-users] hi-res matrix - not the best image quality?

2007-11-06 Thread Florin Andrei
Andrew Stevens wrote: > > Note that these tables are actually available in the encoder. I tend to use > them myself all the time. Select matrix 'tmpgenc'. Should perhaps be made > default... Did some tests, using a low-light sample and another in broad daylight, with the same cheap digital

Re: [Mjpeg-users] hi-res matrix - not the best image quality?

2007-11-06 Thread Florin Andrei
Florin Andrei wrote: > I can probably test it also on Ubuntu 7.10, I'll see what I can do about > that. CVS compiles fine on 7.10 if I use the same -lX11 patch. -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/ - This SF.net email