[MPlayer-users] arg, frustration with 3 pass divx encoding...

[Arpi]

Hi,

> ok, i just did a 3 pass encoding of 'lord or the rings' to test my new 
> dvd2divx.pl script.  i'm quite disappointed.  the final divx file is not near 
> 700 mb.

maybe your script is buggy...

> recommended vbitrate from first pass: 416
are you sure it's correct?

assuming 600 MB video (left 100mb for audio) 416kbit means 11538 seconds
(3.2 hours) long video... so either you're mad (encoding 3+ hours video to 1
cd) or 416 is just wrong value for a 700mb cd.

> i thought the whole point of the 3 pass method was to get a very good 
> approximation of the vbitrate so that the resulting file would be very close 
> to your desired size.  i could have >guessed< a better bitrate with a one 
yes

> time pass and gotten better quality....;)  so obviously i'm doing something 
> wrong.
yes


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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