[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] wrong bitrate assignment when using mp3lame

[Nico Sabbi]

D Richard Felker III wrote:

>On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 08:45:58AM +0100, Nico Sabbi wrote:
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>>This patch fixes the initial assignment of AvgBytesPerSecond to the 
>>value specified with :br=
>>when encoding with mp3lame; later this var is fixed as needed, but at 
>>least two
>>muxers will work correctly (mpeg and lavf).
>>
>>If no one is against it I will commit tonight.
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>Keep in mind it won't work unless you use cbr..
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>Rich
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can you explain why, please?