[MPlayer-users] encoding with libavcodec audio codec

[rcooley]

On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 12:52:06 +0100
Eduardo Moreno <emoreno at dim.uchile.cl> wrote:

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read
> DOCS/bugreports.html] ok.. here is the log of my mencoder... it's the
> same problem with ac3 and mp2.
> 
> ===== Couldn't open codec mp2, br=224
>

I can second this.  With pre3 at least, lavc mp2 encoding works at any
bitrate up to and including 160.  Haven't looked into the problem
because I prefer low bitrates anyhow, and it sounds fine at 160.