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Originally Posted by kolak
H264 specification is one thing and Blu-ray one is another. It's almost obvious that BD one is going to have more restrictions.
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Agree, but one thing is for sure, that for 1080p is max 4 ref (according both H264 or Blu-Ray specs) and for 720p is 6 refs (according Blu-Ray specs).
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Originally Posted by kolak
Another thing is that quite often pro encoders have even bigger limitation than BD spec.
Andrew
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Better leave some room for errors
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Originally Posted by Lyris
I've been trying Mainconcept Reference and while not quite at the level of X264's quality,
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I don't know why but Mainconcept Reference use very restricted version of their SDK, which have much more tweakable options. Only Sonic Cinevison use most advanced options from Mainconcept and can be compared with the x264, and may be approximate, even in some situations better. Mainconcept CLI use all features but
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Originally Posted by Lyris
what it's producing is at least slightly better than the encodes I see on retail BDs
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Maybe hardware encoders?