I-frame boost in default XviD RC1 settings?

[iradic]

Hi.
I was using xvid that comes with gknot (XviD Koepi 24062003-1) and there is no i-frame boost (set to 0) in default sett. I switched to XviD RC1 and here we have i-frame boost set to 10.
Is this really neccesary 'cause according to JXviDStatsViewer frame size distribution i-frames already got lots of bits (distribution is wider than in earlier xvid realase and more % of i-frames are at the high-end of the + from average frame size).
So if anyone can explain this to me ...
Thanks.

[Koepi]

Due to the fast first pass we're now doing it was necessary to compensate for it's side-effects. IFrames got quantized too high. Still this isn't the best solution, but we'll work something more graceful out I think.

For now it makes sense to use that iframe boost if you do fast firstpass and use VHQ>0, qpel, trellis,... (always a and|or between those options).

Regards
Koepi

[iradic]

OK...
I use qpel and vhq=1 so I will try it.
Thanks.