[MPlayer-users] BPP for Frame Size

[Guillaume POIRIER]

Hi,

On 1/14/07, Jorge Fábregas <jfabregas at onelinkpr.net> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Let say I conclude that for most of my video sources I get a decent quality
> encoding at a video bitrate based on .169 bpp's with lavc.  My question is
> related to anamorphic 16:9 DVD's.  Should I calculate my video bitrate based
> on the original frame size (in my case a widescreen PAL DVD, 720x576) or
> should I consider the modified frame size at playtime (1024x576) ?  I really
> can't conclude based on my tests :(

You should consider the encoded frame size regardless of the aspect
ratio applied at playback time.

Guillaume