[MPlayer-users] Bitrates and File Size

[Ethan John]

I've been using this like for lavcopts:

-ovc lavc -lavcopts 
vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=[whatever]:vqmin=2:vqmax=25:vhq:v4mv

Lately I've been adding trell and some other things suggested by 
encoding_tips, but the problems arise no matter what. I doubt it's a 
bug -- it's been happening for well on a year now.

> If you can't hit the target size, the ratecontrol has decided that this
> quality is enough :) -> "let's not waste anymore bits".
The reason I have a hard time believing this is that the movies have 
noticeable artifacts -- seems like if even I can tell that the bitrate 
isn't high enough, the encoder should be able to tell too. =- )

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