[MPlayer-users] smaller file size after mencoder recoding - why?

[D Richard Felker III]

On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 10:49:08AM +0100, Arpi wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Hi,
> 
> > > You should find file_.avi and file__.avi identical, so mencoder isn't
> > > losing frames or something. Most likely the program used to encode the
> > > original file.avi just sucked. I've been able to recover over 10 megs
> 
> they didn't really sucked, just aren't optimal...

IMO anything that totally wastes over 10 megs for no gain qualifies
for the label "sucks"... :)

Rich