On 26 Nov 2003, Florin Andrei wrote:

> >     It's necessary to leave room for peaks or spikes in the bitrate -
> >     exceeding the legal limit even briefly will cause playback problems
> 
> Right, but as far as m2v and mpeg2enc, _isolated_ (disregarding DVD
> limits, other tracks, etc.), are concerned, -b sets a HARD limit, never
> to be exceeded, is that correct?

        No.  It's a very strong hint but you will (I have) see (very) brief
        spikes above that.   It's not a brickwall limit...

        When creating SVCDs for example the limit's 2500 but I will see peaks
        (very short, infrequent) a few percent higher - 2600 or so.

> I guess what i'm asking is, if you get all the numbers right, you should
> be safe on the m2v side, isn't it true?

        I prefer to be cautious/safe and allow for a few percent overshoot on
        the peaks.  Besides which employing a couple of the things mentioned 
        earlier (-E -8, -R 0) will lower the rate enough that specifying a max 
        of 9800 is meaningless because it won't get that high ;)

        Cheers,
        Steven Schultz



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