[MPlayer-users] -lameopts question about bitrate

[D Richard Felker III]

On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 07:32:37PM -0600, christopher j bottaro wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> ok, just to clarify...
> so -vbr=3:br=128 and abr:br=128 are synonyms?  as are vbr=0:br=128 and 
> cbr:br=128?
> 
> you said cbr and abr are shortcuts for vbr=x and vbr=y...where x=0 and y=3?  
> so if you set the bitrate method with vbr= and you choose either 3 (abr) or 0 
> (cbr) for x, you still gotta specify the br= option, right?  but if you chose 
> vbr=something other than 3 or 0, then the br= option is meaningless, right?

Sounds right to me. For the other settings, you use the q option to
pick a desired quality level rather than a bitrate.

Rich