Re: [MEncoder-users] divx v's x264

On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 10:22:45PM +0000, J. M. wrote:
> Alex Samad <alex <at> samad.com.au> writes:
>
> > My presumption when making that statement was that I was using
> > different codecs. If I use different codecs then I would presume I
> > would get different size's.
>
> Bitrate, by definition, means number of bits per unit of time (usually a
> second). So for example, 400 kb/s bitrate means 400 kilobits per second, which
> means a 60 second video takes 400*60 kilobits, i.e. 24,000 kilobits.
>
> So bitrate is bitrate (and therefore filesize), regardless of the codec.

yep silly me, I thought it was something like compression ir zip v's
rar, better algo better compression. Thus for the same source you would
get a smaller file.

like I said silly me

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