[MPlayer-users] variable bitrate, fixed quality

[Jan Knutar]

> Yes. But an explanation like
>
>                  vqcomp=<value>
>                      quantizer compression,  depends  upon  vrc_eq 
> (pass 1/2) (default: 0.5)
>
> isn't really helpful if you aren't an MPEG developer.
> Your explanation below is indeed very good. I think that this type of
> explanation should be in the manpage.

It used to be, before it was replaced with the above, iirc. :-)