Francesco Romani wrote: > On Thu, 2008-11-13 at 14:21 -0600, Carl Karsten wrote: >> how do I do H264: 800kbits/s ? > > export_ffmpeg already interpretes the value of -w as kbps > (and yes, the situation is a bit messy and confusing, unfortunately this > can't be properly fixed until 1.2.0 out). > >> VIDEO: [h264] 640x480 24bpp 24.000 fps 169.8 kbps (20.7 kbyte/s) > > It is also *possible* that the encoder just doesn't needs more bitrate > than that (beware: I'm just saying it is is possibile and absolutely > legitimate, I don't know yet if that's the case). > > Generally speaking, the encoder (I mean the codec itself) can use UP TO > the given bitrate.
That is kinda what I thought, which kinda implies that bitrate *should* not be a requirement to get the High Quality mode on youtube. But should and is aren't always the same.... Carl K
