[MEncoder-users] Fast FLV encoding options

[James Hastings-Trew]

RC wrote:
> On Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:21:34 -0500
> James Hastings-Trew <jimht at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>   
>> I find the basic encoding options embodied in the following command
>> line  work well for one pass encodes as a fairly good clip on my
>> machine:
>>
>> mencoder INPUT -o OUTPUT -of avi -ffourcc DIVX -oac mp3lame -lameopts 
>> br=160:cbr:mode=0
>> -ovc lavc -lavcopts 
>> vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:trell=yes:vbitrate=1600:vrc_maxrate=5000:vrc_buf_s
>> ize=1835:threads=THREADS
>>     
>
> I really wouldn't recomend using a bitrate with single-pass encoding. 
> Using a vqscale setting ensures that a complex scene won't turn the
> video into a mess of artifacts
Granted, that is why I always use two pass encoding, but he was after 
speed so I figured two pass wouldn't be what he was after.