[FFmpeg-user] libx264 ignores bitrate

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Sascha Gritz <s.gritz <at> vucx.de> writes:

> C:\PROGRA~1\ffmpeg\bin\ffmpeg -i 120711_SE_Sound_AAC_02.MOV -i 
> 120625_ly_MLm_SE_%05.jpg -s 1280x720 -acodec copy -vcodec libx264 
> -me_method hex -b:v 8000k test.mp4

My guess is that this bitrate cannot be reached with the given 
input material (the quality cannot be improved further), to 
make sure you could test with a very low constant quantiser >0.

Please do not top-post here, Carl Eugen