This about quadruples the maximum from 24Mbit to to 100Mbit. Maybe use INT_MAX or something to not limit the user in any way? Original patch by Krishna Gadepalli and Debargha Mukherjee. Signed-off-by: Tobias Diedrich Index: mplayer-patchset1/libmpcodecs/ve_lavc.c =================================================================== --- mplayer-patchset1.orig/libmpcodecs/ve_lavc.c 2010-12-21 19:48:53.897993000 +0100 +++ mplayer-patchset1/libmpcodecs/ve_lavc.c 2010-12-21 19:51:07.721412000 +0100 @@ -183,13 +183,15 @@ #include "m_option.h" +#define MAX_BITRATE 100000000 /* 100Mbit */ + const m_option_t lavcopts_conf[]={ {"acodec", &lavc_param_acodec, CONF_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0, NULL}, {"abitrate", &lavc_param_abitrate, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_RANGE, 1, 1000000, NULL}, {"atag", &lavc_param_atag, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_RANGE, 0, 0xffff, NULL}, {"vcodec", &lavc_param_vcodec, CONF_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0, NULL}, - {"vbitrate", &lavc_param_vbitrate, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_RANGE, 4, 24000000, NULL}, - {"vratetol", &lavc_param_vrate_tolerance, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_RANGE, 4, 24000000, NULL}, + {"vbitrate", &lavc_param_vbitrate, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_RANGE, 4, MAX_BITRATE, NULL}, + {"vratetol", &lavc_param_vrate_tolerance, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_RANGE, 4, MAX_BITRATE, NULL}, {"vhq", &lavc_param_mb_decision, CONF_TYPE_FLAG, 0, 0, 1, NULL}, {"mbd", &lavc_param_mb_decision, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_RANGE, 0, 9, NULL}, {"v4mv", &lavc_param_v4mv, CONF_TYPE_FLAG, 0, 0, 1, NULL}, @@ -227,9 +229,9 @@ {"vqmod_freq", &lavc_param_rc_qmod_freq, CONF_TYPE_INT, 0, 0, 0, NULL}, {"vrc_eq", &lavc_param_rc_eq, CONF_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0, NULL}, {"vrc_override", &lavc_param_rc_override_string, CONF_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0, NULL}, - {"vrc_maxrate", &lavc_param_rc_max_rate, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_RANGE, 0, 24000000, NULL}, - {"vrc_minrate", &lavc_param_rc_min_rate, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_RANGE, 0, 24000000, NULL}, - {"vrc_buf_size", &lavc_param_rc_buffer_size, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_RANGE, 4, 24000000, NULL}, + {"vrc_maxrate", &lavc_param_rc_max_rate, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_RANGE, 0, MAX_BITRATE, NULL}, + {"vrc_minrate", &lavc_param_rc_min_rate, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_RANGE, 0, MAX_BITRATE, NULL}, + {"vrc_buf_size", &lavc_param_rc_buffer_size, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_RANGE, 4, MAX_BITRATE, NULL}, {"vrc_buf_aggressivity", &lavc_param_rc_buffer_aggressivity, CONF_TYPE_FLOAT, CONF_RANGE, 0.0, 99.0, NULL}, {"vrc_init_cplx", &lavc_param_rc_initial_cplx, CONF_TYPE_FLOAT, CONF_RANGE, 0.0, 9999999.0, NULL}, {"vrc_init_occupancy", &lavc_param_rc_initial_buffer_occupancy, CONF_TYPE_FLOAT, CONF_RANGE, 0.0, 1.0, NULL},