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Originally posted by Tommy Carrot
In my opinion the biggest problem with x264 is the very crude motion estimation. It still has jumping blocks and completely lacks the image stability, which prevent it from being usable. Adding a 2-pass RC wont change anything until they fix these issues.
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IMO this could be because the only comparison function used for motion estimation is SAD (sum of absolute differences). This method is fast, but not ideal for quality.
Also, I don't think ffdshow has been synching to the latest versions of x264. Currently you might want to use mencoder for that.