[vdr] Suggestion: Change default bitrate in mplayer.sh.conf

[Sebastian Kemper <sebastian.kemper@web.de>]

Hello,

mplayer.sh.conf has

VOP="lavc=9000"

as default. I understand that constant bitrates mean less cpu 
consumption than variable bitrates. 9000 is a very high bitrate and the 
picture quality is definitely good. For such high bitrates there should 
be no differences regarding quality using cbr or vbr. So I simply use 
constant bitrates.

But 9000 is in my opinion much too much. Really good ripped SVCD's have 
a max of 3000 (I know this comparison sucks but anyway). I say you 
cannot tell the difference between 4000 and 9000. What's the point? 
Well, some users might experience choppy playback because of the 9000. I 
can reproduce that on my system. I know that now after weeks of 
wondering (and going mad). The Nandub guide (doom9) suggests setting a 
maximum boundary for bitrate for divx because on some Windows boxes to 
high bitrates may lead to playback problems. I think the DVB cards 
cannot take every bitrate, too. So I suggest you lower the default to 
say 4000. The quality can't be better than that even with vbr. And this 
might stop choppy play for some people. Just a thought.

Thanks for this great script anyways!!!

Sebastian



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