No statements from others included - this is a followup. Encoding a movie with -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:keyint=125:vbitrate=1802:vhq:v4mv:precmp=2:cmp=2:subcmp=2 counting the quants with a simple script I made, I get /usr/local/bin/countquant: q=1 0.7% /usr/local/bin/countquant: q=2 40.1% /usr/local/bin/countquant: q=3 39.9% /usr/local/bin/countquant: q=4 8.1% /usr/local/bin/countquant: q=5 5.0% /usr/local/bin/countquant: q=6 3.5% /usr/local/bin/countquant: q=7 1.6% /usr/local/bin/countquant: q=8 0.4% /usr/local/bin/countquant: q=9 0.2% /usr/local/bin/countquant: q=15 0.3% /usr/local/bin/countquant: q=16 0.1% /usr/local/bin/countquant: q=25 0.5% /usr/local/bin/countquant: q=31 0.2% (dont mind if it doesnt add up exactly, rounding errors are surely plenty) Does this mean I should decrease the resolution? If I understand other postings and various encoding tips, the distribution should be weighed more towards q=2 than in this case? The bpp is 0.242 which I thought should be plenty, it's not a very fast motion movie. Are there any other settings I should consider? The result does look pretty good... HR