Looks like current (2007-11-06) CVS has rate control issues, at least when compared to 1.9.0-rc2. Typical command-line switches that I used when testing:
mpeg2enc -v 0 -I 1 -f 8 -b 8000 -F 4 -n n -a 3 -o "kids_new_home-2007.11.04_12-36-26.m2v" -c -q 5 -4 1 -2 1 -s -D 10 -K file=matrix.txt -R 2 -M 2 The matrix is the custom one I mentioned in an email before: # High resolution INTRA table 8,16,18,20,24,25,26,30 16,16,20,23,25,26,30,30 18,20,22,24,26,28,29,31 20,21,23,24,26,28,31,31 21,23,24,25,28,30,30,33 23,24,25,28,30,30,33,36 24,25,26,29,29,31,34,38 25,26,28,29,31,34,38,42 # TMPEGEnc NON-INTRA table 16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23 17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24 18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25 19,20,21,22,23,24,26,27 20,21,22,23,25,26,27,28 21,22,23,24,26,27,28,30 22,23,24,26,27,28,30,31 23,24,25,27,28,30,31,33 Source is new but very cheap DV camcorder, rather noisy in low light. Testing two DV files, one in low light, the other in broad daylight with significant amounts of motion. 1.9.0-rc2 low light: Average bit-rate : 5313600 bits/sec Peak bit-rate : 8051600 bits/sec daylight: Average bit-rate : 4091600 bits/sec Peak bit-rate : 7946400 bits/sec cvs-20071106 low light: Average bit-rate : 7076000 bits/sec Peak bit-rate : 10113600 bits/sec daylight: Average bit-rate : 8059600 bits/sec Peak bit-rate : 10186000 bits/sec This is not mplex having hallucinations, the file sizes really are very different. -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Mjpeg-users mailing list Mjpeg-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mjpeg-users