[MPlayer-users] Re: PSNR tests: mbd=2, mv0, trell, and cbp (and...

[rcooley]

On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 12:13:43 +0400 (MSD)
Vladimir Mosgalin <mosgalin at VM10124.spb.edu> wrote:


> Hm? You are telling that artifacts in mpeg1 and mpeg2 differ more than
> in mpeg1 & mpeg4? I think that artifacts in mpeg1&2 are pretty much
> the same.

With MPEG1, fine details are discarded/smoothed-over, whatever you
would like to call it. With MPEG2 (which is why it's popular) it picks
up the very finest of details, giving it a much sharper picture.