[MPlayer-users] Constant bitrate video encoding with lavc

[John Brown]

>From: "Derek E. Lewis"
>Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 07:56:58 -0500 (CDT)
>
>I've got a few TV episodes I'd like to throw on a DVD and have them all 
>sized equally and appropriately; however, I'm having a bit of difficulty 
>acheiving a constant video bitrate with MEconder and lavc.  Any ideas?
>
>This still gives me a cbr:
>
>mencoder in/6x02.avi -ovc lavc -nosound 
>vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=916:vrc_minrate=916:vrc_eq=1 -o foo.avi
>
>Derek E. Lewis

Perhaps you meant to say "gives me a vbr"?

Try setting vrc_maxrate=916 also. In which case, you will also have to 
specify vrc_buf_size, which you have to set to 1835 for DVD anyway.