Re: [transcode-users] rc buffer underflow with ffmpeg

[Phil Ehrens <phil@xxxxxxxx>]

Andrew Church wrote:
> >Another simple solution is not to use 2-pass encoding. If you're not
> >trying to save every single bit, just use 1-pass encoding with a 
> >slightly higher bitrate or lower "q" setting.
> 
>      Actually, 2-pass encoding does give significantly better results, as
> documented on the wiki.  (Not really relevant if you have bits to spare,
> I'll grant, but at least some of us don't want to use up one DVD per anime
> episode. ;) )

For anime I have settled on hqdn3d as the magic bullet for
keeping file size reasonable. For anime, it makes some
encodes look BETTER than the source, specifically there are
some fansub encoders that use some strange encode that produces
noise artifacts around sharp lines, and hqdn3d often removes
these entirely without removing the lines themselves.
Fortunately for those of us who encode mostly anime, anime is
trivial to encode compared to live action.

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