[MEncoder-users] encoding 3gp, mp4, wmv

[RC]

On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 10:51:54 +0200
Michel Bardiaux <mbardiaux at mediaxim.be> wrote:

>  Maybe you actually used -ab 16 or -ab 32, or you used a version 
> of mp3lame that supports 12kbits while mine (debian woody, liblame0 
> 3.96-woody1) does not.

No doubt the difference is the audio sample-rate in your source files.

For lame to produce files with low bitrates, the sample-rate has to be
set to very low values, like 8000 or 16000.  Using lame directly, it
will automatically resample to the needed rates, but used through
mencoder/ffmpeg you often have to set these manually.