[MEncoder-users] encoding quality problem

[D Richard Felker III]

On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 10:05:08AM +0100, simone marchi wrote:
> Dear all,
> I'm trying to encode via lavc a mpeg1 stream.
> The problem is this:
> If I play (with mplayer) the mpeg1 stream with spp filter option activated the
> quality of video is better.
> If I encode (with mencoder) that mpeg1 stream (via lavc)  with spp filter (or pp
> filter) the quality of encoded divx video is like the original (i.e. poor).

obviously you're just using a bitrate that's too low. use very high
bitrate and it will look fine.

rich