[MPlayer-users] Re: file size falls short of 700MB for multi pass

[Jonathan Rogers]

Lubomir Blaha wrote:
>>unfortunately, this did not solve my problem.  still winds up being the same 
>>file size (~508MB).
> 
> Strange, maybe your video is too short or easy to encode. Try lower vqmax, eg.
> 5 or 3.

He is using a much higher bitrate than I ever have, so we may not be 
experiencing quite the same problem. I'm usually using a bitrate between 
600 and 1400, resulting in an average of .15 to .2 bits per pixel.

Jonathan Rogers