[MEncoder-users] So does "target size" in xvid actually do anything?

[Padraig Hogan]

Actually I did not know that. It doesn't explain that anywhere. It's a pity if it has to go through all of that for something as simple as calculating how to make a file of a particular size. I think I'll not bother and just base my bitrate on the length of the movie. Thanks for the information.   

    

----- Original Message -----
> From: Reimar Döffinger <Reimar.Doeffinger at gmx.de>
> To: Padraig Hogan <padraig_hogan at yahoo.com>; MEncoder usage discussions <mencoder-users at mplayerhq.hu>
> Cc: 
> Sent: Sunday, 18 September 2011, 1:28
> Subject: Re: [MEncoder-users] So does "target size" in xvid actually do anything?
> 
> On 16 Sep 2011, at 19:37, Padraig Hogan <padraig_hogan at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>  I steered clear of target size before, but I thought I'd give it 
>>  another go. This time I would encode the audio first and then the video. 
> The following is the relevant part of my batch file:  
>> 
>> 
>>  if %2==2 "C:\mencoder\mencoder" %1 -oac mp3lame -lameopts 
> abr:br=128 -ovc copy -o %1.btw
>>  if
>>  %2==2 "C:\mencoder\mencoder" %1.btw -oac copy -ovc xvid 
> -xvidencopts 
>>  bitrate=-1024000:threads=2 -vf scale=720:-2 -sub %filename:~0,-4%srt" 
>>  -utf8 -subfont-text-scale 2.7 -o %1.avi
>>  del %1.btw
> 
> Uh, you do know that specifying a desired size does (and by design can) only 
> work for the second pass of a 2-pass encode?
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