How to get x264 preset equivalent parameters for "mencoder -x264encopts"?

[bvc2068]

Hi,

I like to use x264 indirectly for encodes using "mencoder -ovc x264-x264encopts ...".

Is there an easy way to find out which parameters to mencoder's "-x264encopts" option would be equivalent to using a certain x264 preset?

:thanks:

[microchip8]

http://mewiki.project357.com/wiki/X264_Settings

you can map those easily to mencoder ones ;)

[bvc2068]

Thanks a lot, froggy1! :)

As some presets (especially "medium") mostly rely on the x264 defaults - is it reasonable to assume that mencoder will not pass parameters to libx264 that differ from the defaults that the x264 executable would apply?

And: Is that Wiki page usually up-to-date with the x264 source repository, or are significant differences to be expected?

[Dark Shikari]

Thanks a lot, froggy1! :)

As some presets (especially "medium") mostly rely on the x264 defaults - is it reasonable to assume that mencoder will not pass parameters to libx264 that differ from the defaults that the x264 executable would apply?The mencoder defaults are identical to the x264 defaults. All mencoder does is pass parameters in the same way that x264 itself does.

[microchip8]

And: Is that Wiki page usually up-to-date with the x264 source repository, or are significant differences to be expected?

DS already answered your first question. For this one, it gets updated quite often

[bvc2068]

Thanks a lot to both of you, this will dramatically reduce the length of my command line parameters as well as the risk to ill-parametrize libx264 unintentionally! :)