Tmpgenc High quality vs Highest quality motion setting

[kenmo]

Is there really a great (noticeable) difference between these two ?

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[Xtasy2002]

Well, for one highest takes a LOT longer to encode. Besides that, it's also a very tiny bit more sharper than highest. If you have a super fast system like dual Athlon 2100 then don't worry about it, just go ahead and set to highest. Otherwise the amount of time you are spending isn't worth the quality you get out of it.

[SatStorm]

Also, do some tests with the Motion Estimate Search mode
Most of the times is at least equal the High Quality setting. It is like the Highest mode, but in almost half time!

[Dodzzz]

No noticeable quality gain.

[Gazorgan]

Viewing the results on my TV, I can't tell. Viewing on the PC, from 12" away.....really hard to tell. And you have to look at things you "don't see", like grass, or power wires on a pole, in a fast panning scene. It's not worht the time, at the moment.

In 2 years? we'll all wan those P5 6 Ghz, or those Athlon 5000+'s...then it may not really matter :P

[SatStorm]

Believe it or not, speed is never enough!
When I first made mp3s, it use to take double time the track lengh. Today, I made a mp3 vbr in less than 30sec and sometimes I found it really ...slow!

Believe: When the day come and a whole movie can be encoded in let say 10 min, you 'll still gonna find it slow!

[Dodzzz]

SatStorm is right, years later when the processor speed is at 5-10GHZ, we might be encoding 3000 x 2000 MPEG-X format. that would still take several hours also!

[puertorican138]

SatStorm is right, years later when the processor speed is at 5-10GHZ, we might be encoding 3000 x 2000 MPEG-X format. that would still take several hours also!

MPEG-X!!! 8)