<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 1:00 PM, belcampo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:belcampo@zonnet.nl">belcampo@zonnet.nl</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">David Brodbeck wrote:<br>
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Two-pass will give significantly better quality than one-pass at the same bitrate. If you're not in a big hurry, use two-pass.<br>
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Quality ain't better, but uses slightly less diskspace, so average bitrate will be a little lower, needing less diskspace.<br>
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</blockquote><br></blockquote></div><br>He said at the same bitrate, quality is better. That is true. If you set the same bitrate, 2-pass makes better use of the available bits. If you set the quality level, 2-pass gives you a smaller file, because you can get the same quality at a lower bitrate.<br>
Joel<br>