[MPlayer-users] Question about bitrate when encoding with mencoder

[jasonrc at gomdoli.com]

here is the end of the output. what part is wrong (i did this following
the example laid out in the mencoder documentation.

jason

Recommended video bitrate for 650MB CD: -862
Recommended video bitrate for 700MB CD: -810
Recommended video bitrate for 800MB CD: -705

Video stream:    0.767 kbit/s  (95 bps)  size: 768964 bytes  8017.645
secs  192241 frames

Audio stream: 1536.000 kbit/s  (192000 bps)  size: 1539360768 bytes
8017.504 secs

*** free_stream() called ***

On Sun, 05 May 2002, Arpi wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Hi,
> 
> > [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> > I'm just learning how to encode dvds to divx using mplayer. I am doing
> > this with the 3 pass method for divx4. At the end of the first pass,
> > mencoder tells me the recomended bitrate for various cd sizes. For
> > example, it may say for an 800MB cd, use 700, and for a 650MB cd, use
> > 850.
> impossible
> 
> > However, I thought that a higher birate was used to create larger
> > files with higher quiality,
> yes
> 
> you probably switched teh values printed by mencoder...
> 
> 
> A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team
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