hello, this seems like a simple question so i am sorry if it has already been answered. i have looked over the archives earlier in the week, it is down right now, and the search function of sf archive's sometimes leaves me feeling lacking.
anyway i have read the mpjpegtool manual, under the 'creating mpeg2 videos' it states; " A quality factor should be chosen that way that the mplex output of Peak bit-rate and average bit-rate differ by about 20-25%. If the difference is very small < 10%, it is very likely that you have done something wrong. It is very likely that you have chosen the wrong values for the maximal bitrate or a quality factor that is too high. " i was wondering how i could determine the average bitrate. ?? ideally i would like program to tell me what it is. i read where you can do the math to figure out what it was. files size/ length of video = average rate ( basically ) my problem could be that i only have the mpeg files that already have been mplexed with the audio in them. i think that is messing up my computations. my basic goal is transfering DV tape to DVD, the tapes are home movies. i want high quality, but dont want to be wastefull. encoding time isnt a real issue, because i am not in a hurry. thanks randy ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Mjpeg-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mjpeg-users