Thanks Kevin - I set the peak to be the base + base/4 and that seemed to bring the reported down and recording still looks good. Thanks!
On Sun, 2005-01-30 at 01:41, kevin thayer wrote: > this is due to the mpegs being VBR. > > the speed reported in the stream is the upper-range of > the vbr range. (aka the peak bitrate) if you want them > to be the same you'll have to lower the burst rate, > but some scenes may suffer because of this. > > It has been brought up before and i think this is > 'just the way mpeg works' > > but, i'm not an expert in mpeg, so i could be wrong :) > > -tmk > > --- Joe Briggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is it possible that the MPEG stream created by IVTV > > on a PRV250 contains > > an incorrect bitrate? If I encode at 6 Mbps for 5 > > minutes, the file size > > looks correct. But if I play it with GXine or > > MPlayer, it reports at > > something substantially higher like 19.6 Mbps. I > > have tried the mpeg > > tool utility mpgx and it also reports a higher > > bitrate. I tried the > > Windows MPEG editor program videoReDo, which is a > > great way to cut a > > segment from a MPEG file and save it without having > > to transcode, and it > > failed during writing because of the high reported > > bitrate. > > > > So, I am wondering if anyone out there can suggest: > > > > 1) A way to correct the reported bitrate, or > > > > 2) A program with a GUI that can edit what ivtv > > produces. > > > > All suggestions much appreciated. > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- > > Interactive Reporting > > Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop > > reports. Save time > > by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to > > DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. > > Download a FREE copy at > > http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl > > _______________________________________________ > > ivtv-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting > Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time > by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. > Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl > _______________________________________________ > ivtv-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel
