From 2abf85b1dfe558333d648d905f8b1795f77ca02f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: gpoirier Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 10:39:00 +0000 Subject: clarify a few things about the interaction between *cmp and mbd options fix encoding example that featured a option that didn't have any effect (because of the interaction mentioned above) git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@21848 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2 --- DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 | 13 ++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'DOCS/man/en') diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 index 91b4dcd5e7..d4c171a4ec 100644 --- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 +++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 @@ -7304,14 +7304,20 @@ so quality may be low. motion estimation search range (default: 0 (unlimited)) . .TP -.B mbd=<0\-2> +.B mbd=<0\-2> (see also *cmp, qpel) Macroblock decision algorithm (high quality mode), encode each macro block in all modes and choose the best. This is slow but results in better quality and file size. +When mbd is set to 1 or 2, the value of mbcmp is ignored when comparing +macroblocks. +If any comparison setting (precmp, subcmp, cmp, or mbcmp) is nonzero, +however, a slower but better half-pel motion search will be used, +regardless of what mbd is set to. +If qpel is set, quarter-pel motion search will be used regardless. .PD 0 .RSs .IPs 0 -Use mbcmp (default). +Use comparison function given by mbcmp (default). .IPs 1 Select the MB mode which needs the fewest bits (=vhq). .IPs 2 @@ -8118,7 +8124,8 @@ This seems only useful for high bitrate encodings. . .TP .B mbcmp=<0\-2000> -Sets the comparison function for the macroblock decision, only used if mbd=0. +Sets the comparison function for the macroblock decision, has only +an effect if mbd=0. .PD 0 .RSs .IPs "0 (SAD)" -- cgit v1.2.3