[FFmpeg-user] default is 200 kb/s?

[Andy Civil]

On 2012-09-15 7:53 PM, Roger Pack wrote:
> I noticed that when you specify "-vcodec mpeg4" it seems to give an
> output of 200 kb/s.  I assume it is targeting this and this is the
> default?
> Thank you.
> -roger-

It's what you might call a "known problem". I'm only guessing, but I'm pretty 
sure that the default value was sensible years ago when it was defined, and from 
then on, no one felt able to change it, since it might break expectations and 
there's no compelling reason to.

Unfortunately, it does trip up a few new users (like me, once) who wonder why 
the default quality is "terrible".

Basically, you need to set your bitrate (or choose a quality level, or something 
else that fixes it).

--
Andy