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Old 7th January 2019, 17:45   #6605  |  Link
benwaggoner
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Well, just did a test encode and it appears to be true



x265 [warning]: hevc-aq enabled, disabling other aq-modes



This is confusing syntax. We really should have aq-mode 4 and 5. aq-mode 4 would be HEVC-AQ, and 5 would be HEVC-AQ with low luma bias (like aq-mode 3 versus 2). The need for low-luma bias is content dependent, and we shouldn't be locked into one or another.



Also I am getting VBV violations multiple times a second. From the first two seconds of my test clip:



x265 [warning]: poc:0, VBV underflow (-2596808 bits)

x265 [warning]: poc:8, VBV underflow (-13025705 bits):06:32

x265 [warning]: poc:4, VBV underflow (-13047849 bits):38:49

x265 [warning]: poc:16, VBV underflow (-12824903 bits)11:58

x265 [warning]: poc:12, VBV underflow (-12960465 bits):23:11

x265 [warning]: poc:24, VBV underflow (-12939991 bits)27:49

x265 [warning]: poc:20, VBV underflow (-13441281 bits):34:43

x265 [warning]: poc:32, VBV underflow (-12651471 bits)23:47

x265 [warning]: poc:28, VBV underflow (-12985385 bits):28:15

x265 [warning]: poc:40, VBV underflow (-12559455 bits)20:36

x265 [warning]: poc:36, VBV underflow (-13122593 bits)24:13





Was the Experimental Feature tag left off for HEVC-AQ? I love the idea of improved AQ, but it would be good to have a clear indication in the help text about how close to production ready this feature is.
In talking with MCW, they confirmed that

A) The new HEVC-aq is in fact experimental, ala AQ-motion
B) It does override the specified AQ-mode, and there is no way to get low-luma bias ala AQ-mode 3 yet.
C) Rate control should be working. I used a high-grain clip with some atypical properties in my initial test (because AQ was messing up on it before), so if anything was going to give it pause, it was that one.


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