My system is:<br><br>Athlon X2 4200+ (2200 MHz X 2)<br>Nvidia GeForce 7600GS<br><br>I have tried encoding with ffmpeg and avidemux (640x360 at 1600k) using these settings<br><br>coder=1<br>flags=+loop<br>cmp=+chroma<br>partitions=+parti8x8+parti4x4+partp8x8+partb8x8<br>
me_method=hex<br>subq=6<br>me_range=16<br>g=250<br>keyint_min=25<br>sc_threshold=40<br>i_qfactor=0.71<br>b_strategy=1<br>qcomp=0.6<br>qmin=10<br>qmax=51<br>qdiff=4<br>bf=3<br>refs=2<br>directpred=3<br>bidir_refine=1<br>trellis=1<br>
flags2=+bpyramid+wpred+mixed_refs+dct8x8+fastpskip<br>threads=2<br><br>The picture quality is absolutely fantastic, but the playback seems choppy. I am playing in mplayer. CPU load is only 25-30% on one core, so I think I have plenty of horsepower. I am using the latest nvidia driver (177.82) outputting 720p to my samsung flatscreen. Playback of transcoded vob-->mkv is very bad (could be a interlacing issue) while mythtv mpg-->mkv is pretty good but still a little choppy. Has anyone else had success with x264 in linux. The picture is great, but unwatchable due to choppiness. Any ideas?