Re: [MEncoder-users] divx v's x264

On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 05:19:05AM -0700, RC wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 21:05:33 +1000
> Alex Samad <alex@samad.com.au> wrote:
>
> > > Also, doing postprocessing before encoding is basically always
> > > nonsense.
> > could you explain please
>
> Postprocessing adds noise (blur) to the video to mask blocking. That,
> however, makes it harder for the next codec to compress, and assuming a
> limited bitrate (which you're using), will make blocking in the encoded
> file worse.

Okay sounds logical, does this mean I should remove the -vf values I
have used ?

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