X264 width or height not divisble by 16 - compression will suffer

[Craig321]

X264 width or height not divisible by 16 - compression will suffer

Hi,

I'm attempting to encode my Fraps videos using X264, at the same I'm resizing the video to 640x360 so it fits a YouTube window nicely.

However, 360 isn't divisible by 16 and VirtualDub says that compression will suffer if a division of 16 isn't used. If I used 640x368 it goes through without a problem, but then the sides of my videos get cut off

Is it OK to use 640x360 with X264, will the fact that it's not divisible by 16 noticeably decrease the compression/quality?

Thanks,
Craig.

 

[lord filbuster]

Ignore it, leaving it at 640x360 will be fine
It pads the resolution so it is divisible by 16 and automatically crops it on playback, probably adds tens of kilobytes tops.

 

[Craig321]

Tested a few now ignoring the error and they've been perfect. Thanks very much