Answers.Body: <p>From <a href="http://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.html" rel="nofollow">http://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.html</a> , you can do this in CLI.. not sure about GUI.</p>
  
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    <p><em><strong>‘-maxrate bitrate’</em></strong></p>
    
    <p>Set max video bitrate (in bit/s). Requires -bufsize to be set. </p>
    
    <p><em><strong>‘-minrate bitrate’</em></strong></p>
    
    <p>Set min video bitrate (in bit/s). Most useful in setting up a CBR encode   </p>
    
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      <p>Eg: "<strong><em>ffmpeg -i myfile.avi -b:v 4000k -minrate 4000k -maxrate 4000k -bufsize 1835k out.m2v</em></strong>"</p>
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Body: <p>I almost never get stuck with things like this and kinda figure things out myself... but I'm at a complete loss here. </p>
  
  <p>I've used Handbrake, X-Media Recode, and lots of other encoders and they're great.. but they just don't have clearly defined options for maximum and minimum bitrate control in VBR. That, or I just can't find the options. Is there a GUI I could use for this? Or is it only possible through command-line in x264 core? I've only been able to work with constant bitrate so far and I REALLY need to use variable bitrate.</p>
  
  <p>I found these extra options and I think they might be for variable bitrate.. but experimenting and encoding with that still produces a result with constant bitrate:</p>
  
  <p>VBV buffer size, VBV maximum bitrate, VBV initial buffer and Bitrate variance.</p>
  
  <p>Any help would be appreciated.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: What you are looking for is a way to achieve the "[Bitrate range](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_bitrate#Bitrate_range)" I suppose?
Comments.UserDisplayName: Irfan
Tags: <video>
Title: H.264 encoder with CLEAR options for specifying minimum & maximum video bitrate?
UserDisplayName: Cyber-Logic
ThreadText: # H.264 encoder with CLEAR options for specifying minimum & maximum video bitrate?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2011-12-05)
  
  I almost never get stuck with things like this and kinda figure things out myself... but I'm at a complete loss here.
  
  I've used Handbrake, X-Media Recode, and lots of other encoders and they're great.. but they just don't have clearly defined options for maximum and minimum bitrate control in VBR. That, or I just can't find the options. Is there a GUI I could use for this? Or is it only possible through command-line in x264 core? I've only been able to work with constant bitrate so far and I REALLY need to use variable bitrate.
  
  I found these extra options and I think they might be for variable bitrate.. but experimenting and encoding with that still produces a result with constant bitrate:
  
  VBV buffer size, VBV maximum bitrate, VBV initial buffer and Bitrate variance.
  
  Any help would be appreciated.
  
  **Tags:** video
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: What you are looking for is a way to achieve the "[Bitrate range](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_bitrate#Bitrate_range)" I suppose?  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2011-12-05. Score: 3
  
  From <http://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.html> , you can do this in CLI.. not sure about GUI.
  
  > ***‘-maxrate bitrate’***
  >
  > Set max video bitrate (in bit/s). Requires -bufsize to be set.
  >
  > ***‘-minrate bitrate’***
  >
  > Set min video bitrate (in bit/s). Most useful in setting up a CBR encode
  >
  > > Eg: "***ffmpeg -i myfile.avi -b:v 4000k -minrate 4000k -maxrate 4000k -bufsize 1835k out.m2v***"
  
  
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