SoCG 2003 MPEG-2 sample parameter file /* Change only options marked with > */
frame%04d       /*>Frames in files named frameNNNN.ext (range defined below) */
-               /* Don't store reconstructed images (what players would see) */
-               /* Use default intra quantization matrix */
-               /* Use default nonintra quantization matrix */
stats.out       /*>Write statistics to this file */
2               /* Input files are converted into PPM format */
5400            /*>Number of frames in video (/ 29.97 = number of seconds) */
0               /*>Start with frame0000 (set to 1 to start with frame0001) */
00:00:00:00     /* Timecode for first frame */
15              /* "GOP size" = rate of frames encoded explicitly instead of differentially. */
3               /* Rate of frames encoded differentially using only past frames, instead of using both past and future frames. */
0               /* Use MPEG-2 */
1               /* Interlaced video */
720             /* Horizontal resolution of frame */
480             /* Vertical resolution of frame */
2               /* 4:3 aspect ratio (TV/monitor) */
4               /* 29.97 frames displayed per second (NTSC) */
8000000.0       /* 8 Mbits/second bitrate */
112             /* Buffer size needed for decoding (times 16kbit) */
0               /* Enable differential encoding using future frames */
0               /* Always 0 for MPEG-2 */
4               /* Standard level of MPEG-2 syntax */
8               /* Main level of parameter constraints */
1               /* Source is progressive (noninterlaced) video */
1               /* Chrominance data at half resolution in both dimensions */
2               /* NTSC video */
5               /* Set of color primaries */
5               /* Matching Opto-electronic transfer characteristics */
4               /* FCC regulations for RGB --> YUV conversion */
704             /* Intended display horizontal resolution of frame */
480             /* Intended display vertical resolution of frame */
2               /* 10-bit precision of DC coefficients */
1               /* Top (odd) half-frame first when interlacing */
0 0 0           /* No restrictions on frame prediction */
0 0 0           /* No "concealment motion vectors" */
1 1 1           /* Nonlinear quantization scale */
1 0 0           /* Use appropriate variable-length-encoding tables */
1 1 1           /* Alternative to zig-zag scan (better for interlaced video) */
0               /* Don't repeat first half-frame */
0               /* Interlaced video */
0               /* Not implemented */
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /* Default rate control parameters */
2 2 11 11 /* P:  forw_hor_f_code forw_vert_f_code search_width/height */
1 1 3  3  /* B1: forw_hor_f_code forw_vert_f_code search_width/height */
1 1 7  7  /* B1: back_hor_f_code back_vert_f_code search_width/height */
1 1 7  7  /* B2: forw_hor_f_code forw_vert_f_code search_width/height */
1 1 3  3  /* B2: back_hor_f_code back_vert_f_code search_width/height */