[MEncoder-users] Fast FLV encoding options

[Rich Felker]

On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 11:02:02PM -0700, RC wrote:
> > Reasonable bitrate constraints can give acceptable results in
> > single-pass. The problem is what happens if you don't have proper
> > constraints and a long complex scene eats all the bits, then lavc
> > makes subsequent simple scenes look like crap trying to recover from
> > its excessive bit usage...
> 
> Okay, so what are the "proper constraints" you would suggest?  I'll be
> happy to try it out and compare.

For example, SVCD or DVD constraints, or the same concept but with the
bitrates scaled down by 1/3 or so if you want smaller files. Of course
it will look bad compared to 2pass but it will look much better than
singe-pass with vbitrate=XXX and no vbv constraints, IMO.

Rich