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authorgpoirier <gpoirier@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2004-10-04 18:40:32 +0000
committergpoirier <gpoirier@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2004-10-04 18:40:32 +0000
commita7e4adc76752fc92feb6844526171c461c8ef201 (patch)
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Better description of x264 PSNR stats.
Patch by Loren Merritt git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@13546 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2
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diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
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@@ -6921,7 +6921,7 @@ You can use all encoding options, including CPU-hungry ones.
.br
.I
NOTE:
-Three pass and x264 support being quite recent in MEncoder, we welcome any
+x264 three pass support being quite recent in MEncoder, we welcome any
feedback you could give us on good combinations of x264 options that are
both fast and provide good quality.
.REss
@@ -6986,7 +6986,14 @@ Adjust the amount of logging info printed to the screen.
.
.TP
.B psnr | nopsnr
-Print signal-to-noise ratio statistics (default: off).
+Print signal-to-noise ratio statistics.
+.br
+.I NOTE:
+The 'Y', 'U', 'V', and 'Avg' PSNR fields in the summary are not
+mathematically sound (they are simply the average of per-frame PSNRs).
+They are kept only for comparison to the JM reference codec.
+For all other purposes, please use either the 'Global' PSNR, or the per-frame
+PSNRs printed by log=3.
.
.
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