[MPlayer-users] cvs/frameno/encode

[Michael Niedermayer]

Hi

On Tuesday 11 June 2002 02:16, Miklos Bagi Jr. wrote:
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> > 2. read teh current documentation, in cvs or pre5
>
> Did that. I've found some info in DOCS/tech/libavc-rate-control.txt.
>
> "2 is recommended for normal mpeg4/mpeg1video encoding" does not mean
> anything for me. I understand it is recommended but why? Is there any
> standard for ? What the hell does it do?
it sets the minimum quantizer (as u dont seem to understand that, i would 
guess that u dont know what quantizer means (actually QP would be a more 
correct term ...) perhaps we should add some link to some intro about how 
mpeg compression works ... anyone has some links?
... yes i know noone would read it ;)

>
> I'm asking this because it seems to fix my problem (don't know yet, but
> encoding tells me at 5% an average that is not going under 450 MBs). Can I
> use this as a default setting to encode stuff?
yes, except for msmpeg4/divx3 encoding there it will cause shitty looking 
blocks

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Michael