[MEncoder-users] x264 2-pass, FAAC, smearing

[GM]

It's not about bitrate.

It's what happens when you omit or copy the audio stream in the first
pass and encode it in the second pass.
Read the first message in the thread please.

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Robert Ramiega <jedi at plukwa.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 03:40:06PM +0200, GM wrote:
>> Using those options, you are messing up quality.
>> This is because the first pass will have wrong bitrate distribution when
>> applied to your second pass.
>
>  I think you've got it wrong. John might get A-V sync issues but I believe
> audio bitrate does not influence video bitrate distribution in any way.