SAPSTAR
11th August 2006, 17:12
Hi there,
FYI, I just released the latest official release of AQE (0.33), here are the changes in that release :
0.33 - 2006/08/09
* Corrected OPV, it was not working properly when Q=1 (Thank you Danpos for finding it)
* Improved OPV quality, should be better but slower!!!!
* Added new parameters for QMatOp tweakings (Requested by Archeo)
o qmat_min_intra=### , Minimum value for intra values (default 8)
o qmat_max_intra=###, Maximum value for intra values (default 255)
o qmat_min_inter=###, Minimum value for inter values (default 16)
o qmat_max_inter=###, Maximum value for inter values (default 255)
o dctune_prec=##, Precision percentage (integer value from 1-100) for DCTune (default 5)
* Tweaked QMatOp (A bit slower but better) : The default speed is a bit lower
* MPEG2 CBR implemented.
* FPS displayed (Requested by Fox Ace)
* Fine tuned QMatOp for Ultra Low Bitrates
* Totally rewrote the rate control for high bitrates. (3 passes highly recommended for a good sizing)
o Constraints are respected now : No more spikes above the Max bitrate
o Sizing as good as good as "normal" bitrates with 3 passes (1 Vaf + 2 VBR)
* Tuned QMatOp on very hard to encode scenes. (Ex: Pitch Black "crash down" scene)
* Added a pulldown function (very experimental) :
o pulldown_detect=# (1: 23.976->29.97, 2:24.000->29.97, 3:25.000->29.97)
o It's applied once the movie is encoded, so for a PAL->NTSC conversion, select a PAL encode, then pulldown_detect=3
* AutoBias : If vbr_bias>=0 , automatic else for a manual bias just set it as a negative value.
* Added a special mode correction when in high bitrates if the movie is oversized, a new faster method is called to correct it.
* Added some timed log functions. Now everything is timestamped in the log file.
* OPV Mode : It should simulate a little bit more the CCE behaviour :
o Range is now 0-300 like CCE
o The curve is a 1/x^2 kind of function.....a bit like CCE
* Tweaked the rate control for the embedded Pulldown application
* Improved quality at high bitrates.(Macroblock at scene changes bug)
* Worked on the Rate Control without QMatOp, a new function was implemented in order to work as if QMatOp is on.
* Corrections of minor bugs.
* Average FPS written to the log
* "Animation" mode implemented (Depending on some specific conditions some vids are detected as being animation kind and then the behaviour of the rate control is different)
* Added a feature in the animation mode : Scene Change Threshold is adjusted if too low.
* AQE is fully compatible in a multi instance mode now : AQE^n (from Darksoul71) for example
* Added an auto max QMatOp intra/inter value feature, it seems to correct some macro blocking in some cases (I will call it the Appleseed bug! :) )
FYI, I just released the latest official release of AQE (0.33), here are the changes in that release :
0.33 - 2006/08/09
* Corrected OPV, it was not working properly when Q=1 (Thank you Danpos for finding it)
* Improved OPV quality, should be better but slower!!!!
* Added new parameters for QMatOp tweakings (Requested by Archeo)
o qmat_min_intra=### , Minimum value for intra values (default 8)
o qmat_max_intra=###, Maximum value for intra values (default 255)
o qmat_min_inter=###, Minimum value for inter values (default 16)
o qmat_max_inter=###, Maximum value for inter values (default 255)
o dctune_prec=##, Precision percentage (integer value from 1-100) for DCTune (default 5)
* Tweaked QMatOp (A bit slower but better) : The default speed is a bit lower
* MPEG2 CBR implemented.
* FPS displayed (Requested by Fox Ace)
* Fine tuned QMatOp for Ultra Low Bitrates
* Totally rewrote the rate control for high bitrates. (3 passes highly recommended for a good sizing)
o Constraints are respected now : No more spikes above the Max bitrate
o Sizing as good as good as "normal" bitrates with 3 passes (1 Vaf + 2 VBR)
* Tuned QMatOp on very hard to encode scenes. (Ex: Pitch Black "crash down" scene)
* Added a pulldown function (very experimental) :
o pulldown_detect=# (1: 23.976->29.97, 2:24.000->29.97, 3:25.000->29.97)
o It's applied once the movie is encoded, so for a PAL->NTSC conversion, select a PAL encode, then pulldown_detect=3
* AutoBias : If vbr_bias>=0 , automatic else for a manual bias just set it as a negative value.
* Added a special mode correction when in high bitrates if the movie is oversized, a new faster method is called to correct it.
* Added some timed log functions. Now everything is timestamped in the log file.
* OPV Mode : It should simulate a little bit more the CCE behaviour :
o Range is now 0-300 like CCE
o The curve is a 1/x^2 kind of function.....a bit like CCE
* Tweaked the rate control for the embedded Pulldown application
* Improved quality at high bitrates.(Macroblock at scene changes bug)
* Worked on the Rate Control without QMatOp, a new function was implemented in order to work as if QMatOp is on.
* Corrections of minor bugs.
* Average FPS written to the log
* "Animation" mode implemented (Depending on some specific conditions some vids are detected as being animation kind and then the behaviour of the rate control is different)
* Added a feature in the animation mode : Scene Change Threshold is adjusted if too low.
* AQE is fully compatible in a multi instance mode now : AQE^n (from Darksoul71) for example
* Added an auto max QMatOp intra/inter value feature, it seems to correct some macro blocking in some cases (I will call it the Appleseed bug! :) )