Downgrading to libx264-98 2:0.98.1653+git88b90d9-3 seems to work when used with FFmpeg: ffmpeg -i IronMan.mkv -an -vcodec libx264 -vpre medium -b 1000k -threads 0 3.h264 15M 3.h264
So I assume one or both of the following patches are causing this issue: x264 (2:0.98.1653+git88b90d9-3ubuntu1) maverick-proposed; urgency=low * debian/patches/x264.git-3d0d9cda1d39239e9f388fe1fce29c9212d0273c.patch - Fix CFR ratecontrol with timebase != 1/fps (LP: #663535) * debian/patches/x264.git-5f104e9957cc4b69f7197fecf93648a0e2ae0e59.patch - Fix bitrate calculation with DTS compression. (LP: #663535) -- Ken VanDine <ken.vand...@canonical.com> Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:37:53 +0100 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/690296 Title: libx264 2:0.98.1653+git88b90d9-3ubuntu1 messes up bitrate when encoding (at least using mencoder) -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs