[FFmpeg-user] optimized bitrate

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Hugo Wau <hugowau <at> gmx.net> writes:

> I still do not understand why the -b option needs to be 
> placed right behind the ffmpeg command

The "-b:v" option (as it is called nowadays) has to be placed 
in front of the output file that it is meant to affect 
(you can specify several output files with different bitrates, 
this is - afaict - the only simple way to make sure the option 
is unambiguous.

Carl Eugen