[MPlayer-users] Re: Mencoder problem

[Ian Truelsen]

Thomas Buchmüller writes: 

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> You should use lower bitrate. 
> 
> RTFM about mencoder, or take a look at the manpage 
> 
Okay, thanks for the response. However, it is the documentation that has 
suggested that this is the way to go. 

The br=xxxx option is not very clearly described and the movie rescaling 
description suggests that you rescale to get a smaller file size using the 
 -x and -y options. That, as I said before, gives me exactly the same file 
size, no matter what I set them too. 

Using the divx4opts bit rate option, I have tried several settings from 1300 
to 100 and I still get the identical file size. 

Is there actually some set of options that can be used in mencoder to reduce 
the size of an avi file? 

Ian Truelsen
Masters program in Philosophy
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
BA (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Email: ian at ihtruelsen.2y.net