[Mjpeg-users] Much bigger files created with latest mjpegtools

[Aaron N. <ane...@an...>]

Can anyone help me figure out the huge difference in file size between 
beta2 and latest mjpeg tools for creating mpeg files.

Under beta2 I use:

lav2yuv -n 2 File.eli | mpeg2enc -f 8 ...

Since the -n 2 has been removed from lav2yuv I must now run yuvdenoise 
seperate like so:

lav2yuv File.eli | yuvdenoise | mpeg2enc -f 8 ...

When I do a test of a fairly short clip using both the beta2 encoder and 
the latest CVS (latest at the time I got it,.. sometime shortly after 
the last release), I get hugely different file sizes for the same source 
material.

lav2yuv -n 2 produces a file about 145MB

lav2yuv | yuvdenoise produces a file about 224MB

Why such the huge difference in filesize. The quality of the resulting 
files looks the same to me. If there is no good answer, I will consider 
going back to beta 2 so I can fit more content on my DVDs.

Thanks, Aaron Newsome