[MPlayer-users] re-using divx2pass.log with different bitrate?

[RC]

On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:45:18 +0200
vitko <vitk0 at seznam.cz> wrote:

> Is it safe to re-use pass 1 results (divx2pass.log) for
> second pass with different bitrate? 

Usually so, provided it's not a vastly different bitrate.  If it is,
mencoder will usually crash at the very end of the video, and you'll
have to re-build the index to use that file.

Also, if you aren't already, use "turbo" to speed-up the first-pass.