http://madshi.net/madVRhdrMeasure59.zip
I expect much larger differences for metric2 here, compared to using different downscaling algos.
1) There are 3 different options with 3 different settings each, which combines to 3 * 3 * 3 = 27 different variants, all fused into one drop-down-box. Don't be alarmed by the high number of options. You don't have to test them all. You can test the 3 options separately, with 3 variants each.
2) Generally, for your information: While metric1 looks at the histogram, metric2 does a pixel-wise image comparison between 2 frames, but in a much smaller resolution, with a little bit of motion matching included.
3) The "small" vs "medium" vs "large" option decides how far madVR downscales the two comparison frames, before it does pixel-wise comparison + motion matching. Using "small" has the advantage that wider motion vectors can be matched, but it might lose a bit of accuracy because of the smaller resolution. Using "large" has the opposite effect, obviously. The previous builds used "medium".
4) The "normal" vs "wide" vs "extra wide" option decides how far away madVR looks to match motion vectors. Looking further away makes processing slower, but should improve accuracy. Looking further away reduces the metric2 numbers quite a bit, both for real scene cuts, and for false positives. So if you look further away, you need to lower the metric2 threshold a bit. The previous builds used "normal", which is the smallest possible supported motion vector distance.
5) The "simple" vs "complex" vs "wildly complex" option decides how accurate the motion matching is. Simple is stupid, but kinda works and is fast. The more complex we go, the slower the algorithm becomes, but the results will also get more accuracte. Going more complex will increase the metric2 numbers, so if you go more complex, you may have to increase the threshold a bit. Going more complex is supposed to increase true scene cuts more than false positives, but both are increased to some extent. The previous builds used "simple".
6) Probably "wildly complex" + "extra wide" should give the best scene detection results, but will also cost quite a bit of extra performance. So the big question is: Is it worth it? How much speed does it cost you? And how much does it improve metric2 quality? The speed hit will depend on "small" vs "medium" vs "large". The smaller we go, the fast it becomes.
7) I've no idea right now if "small" vs "medium" vs "large" is best. FYI, if you go large, using "normal" might not be good enough, you may have to use "wide" or "extra wide" then. While when you go "small", maybe you can get away with "normal" or "wide". |