[FFmpeg-user] mpeg2 bufsize question

[Dave P]

On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 18:11, Carl Eugen Hoyos <cehoyos at ag.or.at> wrote:
> Dave P <lists.davep <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I recall reading on here somewhere that -f vob was for program
>> streams.
>
> I believe it tries to conform to the DVD standard (at least that is what I would
> expect) and this standard is certainly not written for 1920x1080.
> -f mpeg (or .mpg as output filename) forces mpeg program streams.
>
Thank you for mentioning -f mpeg.  I'll use that from now on.

>> I get the same result without it. Muxrate values ranging from 2M to 25M still
>> generate errors.
>
> I can now reproduce your problem (I originally tested with an Apple trailer that
> starts with a still and only outputs the warnings / errors later).
>
> I suspect the bug is that -bufsize (which is the right option) does not work
> correctly with -qscale, a work-around is to change (current) line 377 in
> libavformat/mpegenc.c "stream->max_buffer_size =" to a significantly larger
> value, I tested "10*" successfully on mentioned trailer.
> (The line is the one following the warning message "VBV buffer size not set".)
>
> Carl Eugen

Thanks again.  Will your edit make it to git eventually?

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