I got bored and thought i'd see what progress has been made.
2005-05-03
Basically the first build with configure
[code]x264 -p1 -B 3000 -b3 -m5 --ref 3 --weightb --progress
fps 11.51
bitrate 2999.6
psnr avg 45.21
psnr global 44.10
Code:
x264 -p2 -B 3000 -b3 -m5 --ref 3 --weightb --progress
fps 12.69 bitrate 3007.0 psnr avg 45.99 psnr global 45.59 size 39,209,448 bytes
From here I grabbed a build every 12 months and used a slightly different command line.
2005-09-20 Snapshot
[code]x264 -p1 -B 3000 -b3 -m5 --ref 3 --weightb --8x8dct --threads 3 --progress
fps 15.49
bitrate 3087.1
psnr avg 45.96
psnr global 45.53
Code:
x264 -p2 -B 3000 -b3 -m5 --ref 3 --weightb --8x8dct --threads 3 --progress
fps 17.20 bitrate 3007.0 psnr avg 46.00 psnr global 45.70 size 39,264,011 bytes
2006-09-22 Snapshot
[code]x264 -p1 -B 3000 -b3 -m5 --ref 3 --weightb --8x8dct --threads 3 --progress
fps 20.11
bitrate 3065.41
psnr avg 46.031
psnr global 45.604
ssim 0.9866237
Code:
x264 -p2 -B 3000 -b3 -m5 --ref 3 --weightb --8x8dct --threads 3 --progress
fps 22.50 bitrate 3005.40 psnr avg 46.086 psnr global 45.801 ssim 0.9868645 size 39,251,104 bytes
2007-09-21 Snapshot
[code]x264 -p1 -B 3000 -b3 -m5 --ref 3 --weightb --8x8dct --threads 3 --progress
fps 30.62
bitrate 3062.99
psnr avg 46.067
psnr global 45.632
ssim 0.9867144
[code]x264 -p2 -B 3000 -b3 -m5 --ref 3 --weightb --8x8dct --threads 3 --progress
fps 33.19
bitrate 3006.82
psnr avg 46.129
psnr global 45.849
ssim 0.9869905
size 39,244,564 bytes
2008-09-22 Snapshot
[code]x264 -p1 -B 3000 -b3 -m5 --ref 3 --weightb --8x8dct --threads 3 --aq-mode 0 --progress
fps 39.82
bitrate 3057.87
psnr avg 46.068
psnr global 45.629
ssim 0.9866864
[code]x264 -p2 -B 3000 -b3 -m5 --ref 3 --weightb --8x8dct --threads 3 --aq-mode 0 --progress
fps 43.07
bitrate 3009.90
psnr avg 46.134
psnr global 45.854
ssim 0.9849855
size 39,284,796 bytes
Conclusion:
Very nice. The last few years have brought an extra 10 fps each year with an increase in quality regarding metrics. I included files from the last two years as ssim has dropped a little this year.
I currently get about 10fps on my dual-core with my settings.
If I glaze through the looking glass at 12 months time, I see, a hardware upgrade, I've held off on quad-core for the core i7.
With that and the hopefully usual fps increase I should be hitting about 30fps. Woot.