[MEncoder-users] How to keep lavc bitrate within DVD spec?

[Francois Visagie]

On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Jan Knutar <jknutar at nic.fi> wrote:

> On Friday 03 October 2008, Francois Visagie wrote:
>
> > Using MEncoder, how can I prevent bitrate exceeding the DVD spec,
> > apart from cutting out the footage that causes the bitrate spike? I
> > really hope you have a solution for that.
>
> Does two pass encoding help?


Hi Jan,

I am using two-pass encoding. Both passes in fact exceed the value specified
by vrc_maxrate.