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

[Arpi]

Hi,

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> hehe, i guess i'm mad...;)  i just checked the length of lord of the rings and 
> yes, it is a couple of minutes shy of being 3 hours long.
> 
> so the recommended bitrate is correct, but that still doesn't explain why the 
> end result is around 100mb less than 700....?

maybe it's a bug. then report it as a bug, not as a story.
we can't do more than guessing with such amount of info

> 
> thanks again,
> christopher
> 
> On Sunday 05 January 2003 08:35 pm, Arpi wrote:
> > [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> > 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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