..\common\x264.exe "sotb-outdoorsample.avi" --stats "./sample.stats" --pass 1 --slow-firstpass --ssim --no-psy --bitrate 500 --min-keyint 60 --keyint 3000 --ref 16 --deblock -3:-3 --no-fast-pskip --bframes 16 --b-adapt 2 --mbtree --weightb --direct auto --subme 10 --trellis 2 --rc-lookahead 600 --partitions all --fullrange on --aq-mode 2 --me tesa --merange 64 --threads 4 --8x8dct --no-dct-decimate --output "test.mp4"> outputpass1.txt 2>&1
..\common\x264.exe "sotb-outdoorsample.avi" --stats "./sample.stats" --pass 3 --ssim --no-psy --bitrate 500 --min-keyint 60 --keyint 3000 --ref 16 --deblock -3:-3 --no-fast-pskip --bframes 16 --b-adapt 2 --mbtree --weightb --direct auto --subme 10 --trellis 2 --rc-lookahead 600 --partitions all --fullrange on --aq-mode 2 --me tesa --merange 64 --threads 4 --8x8dct --no-dct-decimate --output "test.mp4"> outputpass2.txt 2>&1
..\common\x264.exe "sotb-outdoorsample.avi" --stats "./sample.stats" --pass 3 --ssim --no-psy --bitrate 500 --min-keyint 60 --keyint 3000 --ref 16 --deblock -3:-3 --no-fast-pskip --bframes 16 --b-adapt 2 --mbtree --weightb --direct auto --subme 10 --trellis 2 --rc-lookahead 600 --partitions all --fullrange on --aq-mode 2 --me tesa --merange 64 --threads 4 --8x8dct --no-dct-decimate --output "test.mp4"> outputpass3.txt 2>&1
Produces:
x264 [info]: SSIM Mean Y:0.9238759
Extra stats which I thought had some interesting information:
x264 [info]: frame P:999 Avg QP:34.76 size: 1488
x264 [info]: frame B:559 Avg QP:38.60 size: 257
x264 [info]: consecutive B-frames: 33.2% 51.9% 14.6% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
x264 [info]: mb I I16..4: 52.9% 47.1% 0.0%
x264 [info]: mb P I16..4: 0.7% 0.2% 0.2% P16..4: 32.4% 14.1% 13.9% 1.5% 0.9% skip:36.1%
x264 [info]: mb B I16..4: 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% B16..8: 29.4% 3.7% 2.8% direct: 2.4% skip:61.6% L0:38.4% L1:46.1% BI:15.6%
x264 [info]: 8x8 transform intra:26.6% inter:10.5%
x264 [info]: direct mvs spatial:52.2% temporal:47.8%
x264 [info]: coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 16.0% 18.0% 11.4% inter: 11.1% 12.0% 8.9%
x264 [info]: i16 v,h,dc,p: 70% 23% 6% 1%
x264 [info]: i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 5% 30% 56% 0% 1% 1% 1% 1% 5%
x264 [info]: i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 9% 17% 28% 5% 8% 6% 7% 8% 14%
x264 [info]: ref P L0: 70.1% 10.2% 6.2% 2.7% 2.2% 1.9% 1.7% 0.8% 0.8% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.5% 0.4% 0.4% 0.2%
x264 [info]: ref B L0: 85.4% 6.2% 2.9% 1.3% 0.9% 0.8% 0.6% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.3%
x264 [info]: SSIM Mean Y:0.9238759
x264 [info]: kb/s:501.58
I can upload the mp4 if required. I'd also like to express my concerns with the rules; the option --no-psy should be banned as it's a feature that trades off visual quality for SSIM points. --no-psy is also part of the psnr and ssim tweaks so those would have to be banned also.
Oh also: this could probably be beaten by changing threads to 1. Have fun with waiting an hour for 25 seconds of movie though :)
