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    Nothing terribly important, but curiously after using the same CMD line code I always do to archive Blu-rays, this time (perhaps it's last update?) MediaInfo shows one of the parameters as if it were set to 'Medium' instead of 'Slow' I just don't understand why it would be different THIS time...

    Here is the CMD line code I used:

    D:\EXECUTABLES\BD-RBV05020\BD_Rebuilder\Tools\x264-64.exe "F:\00004.m2ts" --profile high --level 4.1 --preset=slow --psy-rd 1.00:0.25 --deblock -3:-3 --trellis 2 --bluray-compat --vbv-maxrate 62500 --vbv-bufsize 78125 --crf 20 --output "C:\x\Encode.264"

    This is the way the resulting file (264) reads with MediaInfo:

    cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:-3:-3 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=8 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.25 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-4 / threads=6 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=1 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=1 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=50 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=20.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=62500 / vbv_bufsize=78125 / crf_max=0.0 / nal_hrd=vbr / filler=0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00

    It's weird, everything else looks fine, but it ALWAYS shows the 'me' as being 'umh', which is correct for the 'slow' setting. But this time it shows it as 'hex'...??? I know I have 'bluray_compat=1 which DOES effect some of the hardware limiting parameters, but not that one.

    Do you guys think that it is merely a bug in MediaInfo, or what...???

    Like I say, nothing monumental, I am just really curious as to why that one parameter doesn't fit the preset (and don't make fun of my deblock and psy settings, okay...? )
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    me=hex describes the method of motion estimation
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    Originally Posted by Dougster View Post
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    Doug, man... seriously...? I appreciate the reply, but, uh, I do know what it does. What I am asking is that with the PRESET set to 'slow', it should result in an 'umh' encode, NOT a 'hex' encode.

    I was just wondering why...

    But, thanks though Bro!
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  4. MediaInfo can't be wrong on this report. All it's doing is displaying the plain text metadata that x264 writes to the file. Open the video in a hex editor and you'll see the text. A random x264 encoded video:

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    Wow, no wonder... I knew something was different. Most interesting, thanks man!

    Good to know too about the hex editor; I always wondered if there was a way to examine the video stream and determine what encoding parameters were used (when hidden) Thank you too jagabo!

    Now, I'm kind of curious as to whether I should add 'me=umh' back in... hmmmmm.....
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