[MPlayer-users] mencoder: ripping a dvd to a 700MB avi questions

[Georg Prager]

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> > what is a quantizer? (and its reccomended level, if reccomended)
>
> i use vqmin=1:vqmax=31 so that the codec can use its full capacity. and in
> first pass i use vqdiff=8.
>
Shouldn't be the options the same in second and third pass? I'm also using 
option vhq.