[MEncoder-users] Can mencoder be used to tell me whether a video contains high action scenes?

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On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 18:33:29 -0400
"David Smith" <dcsmith2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> If the vid contains a lot of movement then want to program the
> converter to set a higher bitrate (or other parameters).

Motion is only one of the reasons a video may be easy or difficult to
compress, so that would not be useful.

Your best bet is to look into the CRF option of x264.