TemporalSmoother or TemporalSoften2

[Holomatrix]

Sorry to post this but there are a lot of posts that touch this subject but haven't found anything to defiant so wanted to start a post just on this subject. When encoding with low bitrates you get macroblocks, like fitting a 2hr movie on 1 CD,so to compensate I would need to smooth the image out a bit so it looks better but what filter is better to use TemporalSmoother(2,1) or TemporalSoften2(3,5,7) ?? is there a better filter to use? I'm using SimpleResize to, so is it also better to put the filter after the resize? Would the same filter be used on animated movies like Shrek?
Thanks

[scorchED]

just try the search function of this board. this topic was discused a few times.

[Holomatrix]

Sorry, having trouble finding definant info. Do you have the thread link?

[scorchED]

i haven't a link now, but i can tell you that i prefered temporalsmoother, because temporalsoften gaves me to much artefacts in some soecial scenes. temporalsmoother is a bit slower than temporalsoften, but it doesn't matter (for me).
temporalsmoother gives the best results in combination with the new MAM filter by MarcFD.
a lot of thanks to MarcFD :)

[Holomatrix]

Ok, thanks for the info, do you use values of (2,1)? What does the MAM filter do?

[scorchED]

i use different values in combination with MAM. it's much work and take some time to explain which values i use in which situation. i have no time now (but maybe later).

Please read the "smooth in time and space" or "TemporalSmoother or TemporalSoften2" threads. There you can find much tips and experiences with the MAM filter.

or simply use the Search function. this will help most, for sure!