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Old 6th June 2008, 22:30   #6  |  Link
Dark Shikari
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I wrote that it is possible and I experienced one such case myself when IPCM mode was accidently disabled.
x264 doesn't actually support I_PCM mode; its in the code right now but it isn't enabled.
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But anyways, using lossless mode makes no real sense to me because the bit rate required is extremely high and the difference to a file encoded with p.e. CRF 16 is perceptually zero.

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Its far better than most other lossless options in the case that inter prediction is very useful, such as for CGI or animated sources which were originally lossless.
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