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Old 12th December 2016, 13:00   #5260  |  Link
sneaker_ger
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Originally Posted by mini-moose View Post
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"C:\Program Files (x86)\MeGUI\tools\x264\avs4x26x.exe" --x26x-binary "C:\Program Files (x86)\MeGUI\tools\x264\x264.exe" --preset fast --pass 3
I've never done 3 passes, but shouldn't there be pass 2 first?
"--pass 3" does NOT mean 3rd pass.

"--pass 1" means "write a new stats file"
"--pass 2" means "read stats file, don't update stats file"
"--pass 3" means "read stats file, update stats file"

So if you were to do 5 passes you would do:
--pass 1
--pass 3
--pass 3
--pass 3
--pass 2

or:
--pass 1
--pass 3
--pass 3
--pass 3
--pass 3

"--pass 2" is not really needed except for debugging/review.
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