[MPlayer-users] encoding questions

[Amadeus]

> > Calculate it yourself, it's easy:
> >
> > ((size of 700MB CD ~5872025600bits)/(length of the movie in seconds))-(audio bitrate in bps)

Okay, that is easy!

> Or:
> $ dc -e "700 1048576 * `du -b frameno.avi | cut -f 1` - 8 * $SECONDS / 1000 / p"

Pretty neat! =)


I have a final question:

A DVD is encoded with 9000bps in mpeg2 format.

Are there a rule of thumb what a mpeg2 bps does correspond to in mpeg4
bps?


Amadeus