[MPlayer-users] encoding questions

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> bitrate / (hsize * vsize * framerate)
>
> should be greater than 0.15 (at least this is enough for me most of the
> time, some will suggest a value greater than 0.2, YMMV). I start with the
> desired final filesize, which is 700MB most of the time, and the length of
> the movie (say 6000 seconds). This gives a bitrate of
> 700 * 1024 * 1024 * 8 / 6000 = 978671 bps. Assuming the audio will be MP3
> with 112kbps I subtract 112000 and get a bitrate of 866671bps for the video.
> Then I try various resolutions (combinations of hsize and vsize) until I
> find a suitable size to rescale the video to. HTH

This is great!

Thank you very much for your experiences on calculating values of
vbitrate!

Amadeus