Ok, finally found what was the other problem on top of libx264 2:0.98.1653+git88b90d9-3ubuntu1
Turns out that since at least June 2010, mencoder has a problem when using the -vf crop= option. I found another report in http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mencoder-users/2010-June/011642.html and it's exactly what I've been also experiencing (while libx264 2:0.98.1653+git88b90d9-3ubuntu1 didn't work at all with the bitrate option, using mencoder and 2:0.106 from natty will not work, but only when using the -vf crop mencoder option). However for whatever reason mplayer developers don't appear to have acknowledged the email. I'll send an email to mencoder's mailing list and, depending on the replies I'll also open a bug report against mencoder in launchpad. Strange thing is it worked in maverick initially, and stopped working the same day libx264 2:0.98.1653+git88b90d9-3ubuntu1 arrived. Could be a problem on my side with delayed updates since the notification system for Ubuntu is borked, but I'm not sure I really hadn't updated for weeks (mencoder got an update a few weeks before libx264 AFAIR). -- 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
