[MEncoder-users] RM to FLV file bloat - huge upsize when converting

[Reimar Döffinger]

Hello,
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 01:03:04PM -0400, David Smith wrote:
> Even an 18Kb test file gets blown up to 94Kb.  I have attached the output
> for that particular conversion, as it is very representative of the larger
> files I'm working with.
> 
> This is my argument string:
> -of lavf -oac mp3lame -lameopts abr:br=56 -srate 22050 -ovc lavc -lavcopts
> vcodec=flv:vbitrate=300:mbd=2:mv0:trell:v4mv:cbp:last_pred=3 -vf
> scale=320:240

[...]
> Video stream:  226.209 kbit/s  (28276 B/s)  size: 75403 bytes  2.667 secs  30 frames
> 
> Audio stream:   52.088 kbit/s  (6510 B/s)  size: 20750 bytes  3.187 secs

Well, and the file is still ca. 25% _smaller_ than the size _you_ told
mencoder to create.

Greetings,
Reimar Döffinger