On Fri, 3 Mar 2006 19:56:58 -0500 "Steven Adeff" <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote: > If I "do the math" with x264 all I'll get is the rough chance that > x264 will end up at the file size I want. No, it's not a rough chance. If the ratecontrol is at all decent, you can get it down to the exact size you want, perhaps off by a MB at most.