Update
Will someone PLEASE try this! I just encoded a 10 second clip of "The Matrix" lobby scene with TMPEG 2.55. With the standard VCD template, you can see blocks.
If I turn on "Soften Blocks" and set it to 50/50, I see more blocks.
If I set to 100/100, even worse. But if I set to 0/0 THERE ARE ALMOST NO BLOCKS
. It seems that the internal "Soften Blocks" works the opposite as described in TMPEG.
Need feedback, and if I'm correct, I'll post this at Pegasys-inc's site as a question regarding the correct use of this.
kwag