Slideshow using x264

[Darkwhisperer]

I want to make a video slide-show of pictures I've taken. Im using x264 to compress the resulting video. Each picture is going to be on for about 5 seconds, and there will be fade/transition effects. My initial thought is to simply set it to CRF 1. Is this a good idea? Perhaps there's specific settings I should be using?

Thanks!

[LoRd_MuldeR]

Maybe use "--qpfile" and force each frame that shows a new picture to IDR and the frame in between to P frames? At least if the encoder doesn't do that already ^^

You could also try lowering the the loop filter to something like -2:-2 for photos. But at those ultra-low quantizers the loop filter probably doesn't have much effect anyway, I guess...

[Dark Shikari]

Maybe use "--qpfile" and force each frame that shows a new picture to IDR and the frame in between to P frames? At least if the encoder doesn't do that already ^^The encoder will do that already.

Really, there's nothing special you have to do here...

[Darkwhisperer]

Well, good to know. Makes things nice and easy.

Thanks folks :)