[MPlayer-users] Suggested Low Bitrate Encoding Options

[RC]

Images for a quick visual comparison and to better explain what I've
been seeing.

FMP4: 
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd211/cooleyr/riddick6-600k-MPEG4-angel-b2-m2-lim.png

Xvid:
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd211/cooleyr/riddick6-600k-XVID-p2.png

VP3.2 (Sharp) (Theora looks much worse):
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd211/cooleyr/riddick6-600k-VP32-best-k600-aspect.png

x264:
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd211/cooleyr/riddick6-600k-x264.png

VP7 (Max Sharpness):
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd211/cooleyr/riddick6-600k-VP72-fast-aspect.png

Original: 
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd211/cooleyr/riddick6.vob.png


> FMP4 with these options looks much, much better (sharper) than Xvid,
> though with just slightly more artifacts...  I found it very sad that
> Xvid quantizes out most of the stars, in a movie that takes place in
> space.
> 
> Even with my best efforts, both codecs still get easily beaten at low
> bitrates by (the rather old) VP3.2, which is then surpassed by x264.