[MEncoder-users] new doom9 codec comparission (submission)

[Mathieu Monnier]

Hi,

>> The ffmpeg devs seem to have a bias against B-frames, whereas the
>> xvid people would never consider encoding without B-frames. This
>> leads to the not-very-usable status of vb_strategy, versus the
>> (imho pretty good) adaptive B-frame placement in xvid.

> So you're saying XviD cannot encode well without using B-frames?

No, he's saying that XviD encodes better with Bframes than without. And
that should be true for all mpeg4 codec that properly uses bframes.

Regards,

Mathieu