Joe Emenaker wrote: > Here's the short story: > > I'm experimenting with different bitrates on a piece of video that I'm > transcoding... and it seems that, once I hit a certain point, I can't > make the file any bigger. I try... > > transcode -i file.mpg -o file.avi -y xvid4,xvid4 -w 1000 > > and I try all kinds of values for "-w"... up to 10000 or more, and the > file never seems to end up as big as the source file.
I don't think there is any encoder that will automatically add noise to your material to make the file bigger. If you want a lot of empty bits added to your encode you will have to add some noise with a "sharpening" filter or by shaking your computer up and down while you are encoding.
