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Old 1st September 2005, 21:05   #16  |  Link
Nil Einne
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I could be wrong but I was under the impression not all decoders are equal quality-wise. Frequently they use estimations etc to improve speed which is fine but when quality can very IMHO a straight out speed test is not so meaningful for many people. I could make a decoder that is very very fast but the output it so crap it isn't worth it. Of course I'm aware quality issues are a problem since it's so subjective so instead, I would recommend you get the reference implementation of h.264 which I assume is completely accurate and then do a mathematical comparison. Of course, this can be a bit misleading since a smart decoder may have higher mathmatical difference but lower noticable difference but it's better then nothing.
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