[x264-devel] Re: encode for streaming

[DNA Studios s.r.l.]

Loren Merritt ha scritto:
> On Thu, 26 Apr 2007, DNA Studios s.r.l. wrote:
>
>> I have a Video on demand platform, I use Darwin streaming server and 
>> vlc or mplayer as client (sometime ffmpeg directly).
>> Usually I encode my movies in main profile (1 pass average bitrate 
>> 1000 Kbit/s).
>> There are some parameters to use (or to do not use) for streaming 
>> purpose? (i.e. B-frames number or keyframe interval)
>
> The main options that differ between streaming and other encoding 
> types are: --keyint, --vbv-maxrate, --vbv-bufsize.
> However, I can't tell you what values you should give those options, 
> other than to say that they're the same in any streaming codec and not 
> specific to x264.
>
> --Loren Merritt
Thanks for answer,
Let me make just another question:
vbv-bufsize override the player cache settings when streaming?
If I encode with vbv-bufsize 2000Kbit and I play it with a player that 
have 1000Kbit of cache setting?
-----------------
Nicola

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