Arnie.d said:
Normally I split up my avisynth script into 2 parts. Part 1 contains all the filtering. Part 2 only the addborders and subtile part. I use part 1 to create an avi file and part 2 to feed the avi file to CCE.
Normally I split up my avisynth script into 2 parts. Part 1 contains all the filtering. Part 2 only the addborders and subtile part. I use part 1 to create an avi file and part 2 to feed the avi file to CCE.
This is a sensible approach; I do the same with scripts that involve heavy CPU use. sensible. Lagarith is a good codec for this stage because, unlike huffyuv, it can losslessly compress YV12 video.
Otherwise for a 10-pass encode the PC has to also filter the raw .m2v files 10 times. This way only once.
A 10-pass encode is totally over the top. The law of diminishing returns kicks in after 2 or 3 passes, and most people agree there is no benefit in using more than 4 or 5. (I seem to remember having this discussion with you before, and you insisted you could see a difference. *cough*)