[MPlayer-users] mencoder lavcopts for decreasing filesize

[Jeff Clagg]

On Sat, Feb 11, 2006 at 10:08:47PM +0100, Ellis Whitehead wrote:

> 1. mencoder lavcopts for decreasing filesize
> 2. programming overlay video for mplayer/mencoder
> 3. splitting and combining DV files
> 4. high-quality real-time filters
> 5. using makefiles to handle batch video conversions
> 
> I have no idea how much of this I'll really get around to writing up,
> but I did a write-up for #1 so far.  I put up a few screenshots on a
> webpage for visual comparison.  It's not a rigorous comparison by any
> means, but it might help someone who needs to get a few more minutes
> of video into a certain amount of space:
>  http://www.nowiswhen.net/public/mencoder_lavcopts_size/

1. Read
http://mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/menc-feat-enc-libavcodec.html#menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-lavc-encoding-options

2. I think you should consider the relationship between vbitrate and
filesize.