[MPlayer-users] Mencoded Xvid AVIs are not playable under windows

[D Richard Felker III]

On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 12:16:53AM +0000, Luke-Jr wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
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> You might note that VBR audio is not supported in the AVI container, so 
> any tests you do with VBR MP3 (and AC3, if that is VBR) would be invalid 

Yes it is, and all popular players handle it just fine.

> files by definition... I'm not sure if mencoder supports it (not really 
> mentioned in the manpage), but you might want to try writing to an OGM 

Umm, yes it is mentioned in the manpage, and VBR is preferred.
Otherwise you'll have to waste a huge amount of space on audio for
decent quality.

Rich