[MPlayer-users] mencoder status line

[The Wanderer]

On 01/01/2006 05:12 PM, Kichigai Mentat wrote:

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> On Jan 1, 2006, at 13.37, DaveG wrote:
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>> On Sunday 01 January 2006 18:47, The Wanderer wrote:

>>> As far as I can tell, judging by observed behaviour over a number
>>> of encodes (specifically the fact that the value shifts towards
>>> and eventually winds up at my requested bitrate), the bracketed
>>> values are current overall bitrates for the video and audio
>>> streams respectively.
>> 
>> Again, good to know.  I'll keep an eye out and see if anyone
>> contradicts or supplements your answer.
> 
> Now, I have to differ here. It's been my experience that the larger
> number is the video bitrate, and the smaller number is the audio
> bitrate.

Err... I don't see how that disagrees with what I said. Could you
clarify?

> A perfect way to test this is attempt to encode something using a CBR
> audio codec, like CBR MP3, AC3, or even PCM. Then encode that same
> clip without audio. It's been my experience that the larger number
> doesn't change.

...yes, that would make sense... I still don't see how it disagrees with
what I was saying. I never claimed that the two numbers depended on one
another in any way...

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