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How bad can AVC encoder implementation get?
Actual frame grab from the BD of “The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest”, from a label in Scandinavia.
The bit rate in this scene is about 34mbps. Seriously. Hmmm, this looks like the work of crApple Compressor…
In altogether happier video compression news, X264, the insanely, wonderfully, ridiculously good open-source (free) AVC encoder should be producing Blu-ray compliant video without modifications in the very close future. Programmers (aka people who are much smarter than I am) have been working on support for some time now in the form of a patch to add additional stream information demanded by BD authoring applications, and the fruits of their labour are apparently passing verification and should become part of vanilla X264 builds soon. About a year ago, I publicly harassed (OK, publicly begged) the developers of X264 to make this happen, so I am delighted to know that I should be able to use such a fantastic encoder when the time comes.
AND! Cinema Craft Encoder SP3 was just announced officially yesterday for SD MPEG-2 needs. I laughed when I read this from the official web page: “There is a growing need for much higher picture quality in DVD production industry.” Guys, you seriously aren’t kidding. SP3 costs half of what SP2 did and now has segment re-encoding. If they can make the quality any better, I will be a happy guy.
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Are you sure those aren’t 3rd degree burns?
Seriously, that is one horrendous H.264/AVC implementation–maybe its CineVision 1.1 or something really old.
It looks like the girl has acne scars. MPEG induced acne scars!
i can relate to some of the facts in this page. Ive been over from acne since I was 33 years old. Those still suffering from it, I have one thing to say; STAY STRONG!