[MPlayer-users] Is there any solution for "2pass curve failed to converge" ?

[Loren Merritt]

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006, Vijay Gill wrote:

> I tried looking into the archives of mplayer users / dev MLs but could
> not find any solution for the problem in question. I am trying to
> encode an MPEG2 file created by PVR350 (so source is MPEG2) into a DVD
> compliant MPEG2 at a lower bitrate and resolution using KVCD matrices.
>
> Following lines are from the mencoder.conf (I use profiles)
[...]

Reduce vbitrate. The error message means that it can't use up 
2000kbit/s on a tiny 352x288 video.

Add lmin=1. This should always be used in conjunction with vqmin=1. 
(neither one does anything on its own.)

--Loren Merritt