[vlc] Re: optimum bitrate for streaming Mpeg2-ts

[Jean-Paul Saman]

Chhaya, Harshal wrote:

>>A general bitrate of about 3.5MBps / 4MBps (like in DVB 
>>streams) can easily go upto 8 MBps temporarily when using VBR 
>>(Variable Bitrate encoding). Which is general more used then 
>>CBR (Constant Bitrate encoding).
>>    
>>
>
>I have seen the same behaviour when streaming a DVD. Is it 
>possible to transcode a DVD into a CBR MPEG-2? I tried the
>most simple way of writing the stream to file and it resulted
>in an MPEG-2 file whose rate ranged from ~6 Mbps to ~12 Mbps.
>  
>

Forcefully making a CBR stream from the file, by inserting so called 
NULL TS-Packets. The file will have the bitrate as its largest peak:
- A DVD bitrate that goes upto 6 Mpbs will have a 6 Mbps CBR.
- A DVD bitrate that goes upto 12 Mbps will have a 12 Mbps CBR.

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Many greetings,
     Jean-Paul Saman

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