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Old 24th February 2008, 00:10   #36  |  Link
Dark Shikari
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Originally Posted by laserfan View Post
I'm sorry, I'm having some trouble understanding the benefit of VAQ and wonder if someone can explain it in layman's terms?

My usage of Xvid these days is mostly HDTV profile w/single pass target 2.00 quantizer and I don't care about filesize--will I see a benefit anyway to VAQ? Or is text the only place one should see a difference?
It raises quantizer in the highest detail areas, where you won't notice it, and lowers quantizer in the flatter areas, where blocking/blurring often occur.

Text is an extreme example of the former.
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