[vdr] Re: Suggestion: Change default bitrate in mplayer.sh.conf

[Juri Haberland <juri@koschikode.com>]

Sebastian Kemper wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> mplayer.sh.conf has
> 
> VOP="lavc=9000"
> 
> as default. I understand that constant bitrates mean less cpu 
> consumption than variable bitrates. 9000 is a very high bitrate and the 
> picture quality is definitely good. For such high bitrates there should 
> be no differences regarding quality using cbr or vbr. So I simply use 
> constant bitrates.
> 
> But 9000 is in my opinion much too much. Really good ripped SVCD's have 
> a max of 3000 (I know this comparison sucks but anyway). I say you 
> cannot tell the difference between 4000 and 9000.
[...]
> So I suggest you lower the default to 
> say 4000. The quality can't be better than that even with vbr. And this 
> might stop choppy play for some people. Just a thought.

Have you actually used this bitrate? I don't think so as I get massive
block artefacts with it.

Cheers,
Juri



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