[MEncoder-users] lavc or xvid

[RC]

On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 17:50:04 +1000
Alex Samad <alex at samad.com.au> wrote:

> they are being encoded at the same bitrate 

Just because you told it to use the same bitrate, doesn't mean xvid is
actually honoring it.


> these are the file sizes
> 
> -rw-rw-r--+ 1 alex movies 9.3M 2007-09-01 12:03 MOV001-800-0.avi

> -rw-rw-r--+ 1 alex movies  23M 2007-09-01 12:05 MOV001-800-2.avi

Obviously, if the file sizes are different, the bitrate is different. 
Saying the bitrate is the same, but the files are different sizes, is an
inherent contradiction.  Bitrate decides the file size.