[MPlayer-users] cvs/frameno/encode

[Michael Niedermayer]

Hi

On Tuesday 11 June 2002 00:50, Miklos Bagi Jr. wrote:
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> I'm trying to do a 3 pass encoding thisway:
>
> cat *.mpg|mencoder -ovc frameno -vop scale=576:432 -lameopts abr:br=96 -o
> frameno.avi - >frameno.log
> cat *.mpg|mencoder -v -vop scale=576:432 -lameopts abr:br=96 -ovc lavc
> -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=964:vpass=1 -o pass1.avi -
> cat *.mpg|mencoder -v -vop scale=576:432 -lameopts abr:br=96 -ovc lavc
> -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=964:vpass=2 -o pass2.avi -
>
> mencoder tells me at frameno that I'll need to do a 964 bitrate to make the
> movie fit to a 700MB CD. This looks perfect as information, it is possible
> because the movie is not that long. Pass1 encoding produces pass1.avi which
> is not even close to 700MB:
>
> 344541244 Jun 10 05:33 pass1.avi
try -lavcopts vqmin=2

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Michael