[MEncoder-users] Backup policies

[Michael Rozdoba]

James Hastings-Trew wrote:

> I guess I just don't understand, unless x264 can "magically" know where 
> to requisition bits, and where not to, and still come out without 
> over-spending or under-spending by the end of the file.

Of course 2pass is modifying the quality it is aiming for in the 2nd 
pass to arrive at your target size; what however it isn't doing is 
making non local changes to the shape of the resulting bitrate 
distribution. AIUI now.

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Michael Rozdoba