[MPlayer-dev-eng] time to remove -pass ?

[Jonas Jermann]

Hi

On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 02:22:15PM -0500, D Richard Felker III wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 07:10:33PM +0100, Ivan Szanto wrote:
> > On Sat, 2 Nov 2002 00:49:56 -0500 D Richard Felker III wrote:
> > > On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 09:49:53PM -0500, D Richard Felker III wrote:
> > > > On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 01:14:36AM +0100, Arpi wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > i think we should remove option -pass ...
> > > > > since divx4 vbr code doesn't work with lavc, it makes more trouble than use.
> > > > >
> > > > > objections? patch? :)
> > > >
> > > > Committed.
> > >
> > > Also fixed lots of the old bogus stuff in the docs. No wonder people
> > > were still trying to use -pass with lavc! The docs were using it all
> > > over the place in the examples!
> > >
> > > Rich
> > 
> > now I am confused. Where should -pass be used and where should it not?
> > I've checked the docs from cvs, but in encoding.html it still
> > advises me to use -pass with lavc.
> > 
> > Does this all has anything to do with the version of ffmpeg I use?
> 
> -pass should never be used with libavcodec, ONLY with divx4/5/xvid,
> and now it doesn't even exist anymore anyway. The docs should be
> updated to reflect this. Let us know if you still see any outdated
> examples in docs.
> 
> BTW, the correct way to do 2pass with libavcodec is the vpass
> suboption of -lavcopts.

Why not change it to pass too or make a general -pass option for 
every codec? (Probably I missed an important point...)


Regards
    Jonas