xREL.v3

Notes.From.the.Underbelly.S01E02.PROPER.720p.HDTV.x264-CTU
date: Fri Apr 13 2007

proper notes: While we are loathe to proper for quality reasons, MCR's release was so awful that we couldn't
let it slide. They used the worst possible settings to get a release out as fast as possible,
including not even
using B frames. B frames are an integral part of H.264's ability to give great looking results at low bitrates,
and not using them results in crap. Whenever the committee finally gets around to finalizing the 720p.x264
standards (really, we're working on it), the use B frames will be mandatory, with the minimum being 3, and other
past reasons for propering such as resizing 720p will be officially stated for the record. Below are MCR's settings,
take a look for yourself. As a side note, we continue to advocate the use of better settings such as
subme 6, mixed
references, trellis quantization, and CABAC, all of which provide significant quality benefits and were not
used by MCR in their rush to get out a release. 720p is about quality, not speed, so let's not turn
this into
normal res, OK?

cabac=0 ref=1 deblock=1:0:0 analyse=0x1:0x131 me=hex subme=5 brdo=0 mixed_ref=0 me_range=16 chroma_me=1 trellis=0 8x8dct=0 cqm=0
deadzone=21,11 chroma_qp_offset=0 threads=2 nr=0 decimate=1 mbaff=0 bframes=0 keyint=250 keyint_min=25 scenecut=40(pre) rc=2pass bitrate=3235

Note to MCR and future groups: Please try something in the neighborhood of this so we can all enjoy
the purpose of these rips...

--pass 2 --bitrate 1234 --stats "\path\to\nikki\reed\sex.stats" --deblock=1:0:0 --keyint 240 --min-keyint 24 --ref 3 --mixed-refs
--no-fast-pskip --bframes 3 --b-pyramid --b-rdo --bime --weightb --direct auto --subme 6 --trellis 1 --analyse all --8x8dct --threads 2
--thread-input --progress --me umh --no-psnr

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