[MEncoder-users] How important are B-frames?

[Janos Szamosfalvi]

--- On Thu, 5/10/12, Sylvester <sylvester821994 at gmail.com> wrote:

> The MEncoder video with 0 B-frames was only slightly larger
> by an insignificant amount.  The FFmpeg was slightly larger
> than both of them by an insignificant amount.  The video had 
> lots of movement and some still scenes.  

B-frames are most useful when there's little movement, 
so you may want to repeat the test with a video that 
doesn't have lots of movement if you want to know the 
effect of B-frames on file size.