[MEncoder-users] Cannot pass bitrate via command line when using mencoder's profiles

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Mon, Dec 06, 2010 at 11:13:49PM +0100, Markus Bonet wrote:
> Am 06.12.2010 20:39, schrieb Reimar Döffinger:
> >No idea why it worked before (though maybe it was such an ancient version
> >that it did not yet use x264's own option parser), but the issue is
> >probably that if the profile does not specify a bitrate, crf mode is implied.
> >Since the profile is parsed independently you end up with a incorrect
> >intermediate state that is 2-pass and CRF.
> >I suspect that just specifying a bitrate in the profile (should not matter
> >what at all, best choose something extreme so you notice immediatly if the
> >one on the command-line is ignored) should make it work.
> 
> If i specify the bitrate parameter in the profile, encoding takes
> place but my command line cannot overwrite the value.

That is a bug then. I at least don't think I'll have time to look
into it any time soon though.

> I tested with
> 50 kbit/s for the video (looks like expected).

Huh? I don't get what this sentence is supposed to mean.