[MPlayer-users] xvid/mencoder resulting bitrates are too small

[Nico]

Michael Waters wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I think maybe a recent change has made mencoder encodes with xvid come
>out too small. Using mencoder cvs from yesterday with `bitrate=765` I
>got a bitrate of 760 kbs for a 2hr 15min movie.  I didn't have this
>type of problem with mencoder cvs from Jan 17.
>
>Has anyone else seen this sort of thing?
>
>Thanks,
>Michael
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5 kb/s doesn't make make any visible difference; maybe your source is 
very blurred?
If xvid doesn't assign more bits to your encode probably  it has already 
saturated the space
with low quantizers.