Re: [transcode-users] rc buffer underflow with ffmpeg

[achurch@xxxxxxxxxxx (Andrew Church)]

>Using ffmpeg in two-pass mode with mencoder for ripping
>dvd's produces absolutely brilliant results. How is it
>that the rate control is not broken when using ffmpeg
>via mencoder? Or is it spcifically mpeg2 rate control that
>is borken?

     Rate control is only used when three things are set: minimum rate,
maximum rate, and buffer size.  IIRC, mencoder never sets buffer size, so
the rate control code is never used in the first place (and hence you have
no control over the peak data rate).

  --Andrew Church
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