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Carpo · 6th October 2013, 11:42

I have been doing some reading about 8bit and 10bit x264 but I am still a little unsure of which I should use.

Mainly I watch most things on my PC, but sometimes I do use my PS3 to watch things on my TV, which I stream from my media PC.

I have noticed when using MPC-HC and Lavfilters , which I select either CUVID or Intel Quicksync (laptop) I notice that when playing 8bit files it uses CUVID and Intel, yet when I play 10bit it uses avcodec, which I am guessing is falling back to software.

Should I stick to the 8bit x264 or should I go to 10bit? Other than better compression and less banding when using 10bit are there any other benefits to using it?

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Carpo Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: /dev/null Posts: 1,368	8bit or 10bit x264 I have been doing some reading about 8bit and 10bit x264 but I am still a little unsure of which I should use. Mainly I watch most things on my PC, but sometimes I do use my PS3 to watch things on my TV, which I stream from my media PC. I have noticed when using MPC-HC and Lavfilters , which I select either CUVID or Intel Quicksync (laptop) I notice that when playing 8bit files it uses CUVID and Intel, yet when I play 10bit it uses avcodec, which I am guessing is falling back to software. Should I stick to the 8bit x264 or should I go to 10bit? Other than better compression and less banding when using 10bit are there any other benefits to using it? __________________ The Internet: where men are men, women are men, and children are FBI Agents