[MEncoder-users] Video bitrate 104857 kbps, video GOP is too long.

[Nico Sabbi]

Brian Keener wrote:

>
> Ah, I see, the vbitrate in the mpegopts is really only basically what 
> you want specified in the mpeg "header" then.
>
> Since I hadn't passed that parameter I assume that the vbitrate in the 
> lavcopts wasn't used as a default value, resulting in a  0 being 
> inserted.  That assumption is borne out by looking at the stream 
> information in xine when playing the file; it reports bitrate as 0.  
> Tmpgenc dvd author took that 0 bitrate and basically had no idea how 
> to interpret it.
>
> I understand now.  Maybe.
>
> Brian K


lavc stores in the header the value of vrc_maxrate