[MEncoder-users] lavc or xvid

[RC]

On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 07:39:10 +1000
Alex Samad <alex at samad.com.au> wrote:

> xvid is looking better now, but at 800kbit rate it is only 1/2 the
> size of the  original, were as lavc is much better.

Obviously it's not a fair comparison if the Xvid files are ending up
larger.  You'll have to increase the lavc bitrate until they're the same
size to fairly compare quality (mencoder should report the average
bitrate of the Xvid file at the end of encoding).