x264 parameter question

[egrimisu]

Hi guys,
i saw that a lot of encoders use --fade-compensate 0.8
what exacly does that parameter? ia have searched the web but found nothing.

Thanks guys

[LoRd_MuldeR]

This is NOT an official parameter of x264. It's part of the "fade compensation" patch and AFAIK the purpose of this patch is moving more bits into fades...

[egrimisu]

i believe it has no efect when using CRF?
Thanks

[LoRd_MuldeR]

i believe it has no efect when using CRF?

I don't think so.

Weight-P definitely works with CRF mode. And, as far as I know, all this patch does is using Weight-P's fade detection to give "fade" frames more bits.

(That's because many people claim that x264 doesn't handle fades well enough, even with Weight-P enabled)

[egrimisu]

thanks again.