Vegas vs. Avidemux AVC - Quality differences...

[Megagoth1702]

Hey guys,

quick:

When I render a 1080p video with avidemux, AVC codec, constant rate factor at 26 I get an overall bitrate of ca. 11.5 (MediaInfo). When I render the same video in Vegas 11 Pro Trial with the MainConcept AVC with the maximum bitrate set to 15k, average set to 12 I get a HORRIBLY less quality video! The overall bitrate is higher but I see a LOT of blockyness in the video... So many blocks! Bah!

I almost want to use Lagarith Lossless Codec in Vegas and then re--render the stuff with Avidemux but Avidemux ... Sadly... Does not like GPU accelleration which I am a BIG FAN of.

Any tips?

Is there a better way to use the x264 codec in Vegas? Maybe a way where I can actually use the great great "constant rate factor"? I am all about quality, not really telling the exact file size if you know what I mean...

Thank you a lot guys, this is my first post and I hope I am not making to many mistakes.

Have a nice one,
Mega

[Megagoth1702]

I know what is wrong now... After a whole night on google...

Apparently Vegas, the so called industry standart, comes with SHITTY h264 codecs! Why the HELL would I want to use 20k bit rates if I can just save a lossless uncompressed video and then just re-render it with handbrake? No GPU accel there YET. But soon.

Goddamit, big people in the indusrty always suck at these little things. Bah.

[turundus]

Still vegas wins, you can actually edit the codecs you want to use there.