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Old 31st December 2011, 06:36   #7  |  Link
Dark Shikari
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Originally Posted by StainlessS View Post
Sometimes you want to encode to a particular size, and no amount of saying CRF is
better is gonna change the requirements. I personally would like to see a bits per pixel
option allowing the user to select his/her own requirement. I dont care if I've gotta do
two pass, I want what I want, nuff said. Also, as good a CRF is (and I'm quite delighted
with it most of the time), you want to hit a file size EXACTLY, and WITHOUT guessing
what the output size might be +- 50%.
But if you already know what size you need, why do you need to know "bits per pixel"? Isn't this already served by simply setting the bitrate to whatever gives you the size you want, e.g. a DVD-R?
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