[MPlayer-cygwin] codec question

[Bojan]

At 11/25/2003 11:50:00, you wrote:
>On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 12:52:19AM +0100, Bojan wrote:
>> Is there a way compress video to specific size, like to 700mb, without manually
>> calculating bitrate?
>> I know there is endpos option, but I think it stops at filesize.
>
>Just use some CBR compression and calculate the bitrate.  That's the
>simplest IMHO.
>
>If you want 700Mb video, that will be a function of bitrate and total
>time of the movie.
>
>Why not calculate it manually?  Do you want to add this to mencoder:
>	bitrate = size / length;
>You'd still have to supply the length and size, unless you want mencoder
>to scan the length of the movie for you, too.  If you're hell-bent on
>not doing it manually, you can just write a script to wrap mencoder.
>
>I'm really confused about what you're trying to do and why.
>
>--Joey

I was looking for something like xvid 2 pass where you can select
output file size, in lavc. Difference is that bitrate is spread over less and more
complex scenes. I don't need it currently, though.


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