# HG changeset patch
# User gpoirier
# Date 1161246032 0
# Node ID 3c469a2030e7d884f640385032e294f09b311906
# Parent b69c85b29cb596ddcc34922850941e25c5eeca05
What is the meaning of the numbers on the status line during the encoding process?
Taken after Nico's explanation on MEncoder-users ML
diff -r b69c85b29cb5 -r 3c469a2030e7 DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml Thu Oct 19 08:15:47 2006 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml Thu Oct 19 08:20:32 2006 +0000
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+What is the meaning of the numbers on the status line during the encoding process?
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+Example:
+Pos: 264.5s 6612f ( 2%) 7.12fps Trem: 576min 2856mb A-V:0.065 [2126:192]
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+Pos: 264.5s
+time position in the encoded stream
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+6612f
+number of video frames encoded
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+( 2%)
+portion of the input stream encoded
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+7.12fps
+encoding speed
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+Trem: 576min
+estimated remaining encoding time
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+2856mb
+estimated size of the final encode
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+A-V:0.065
+current delay between audio and video streams
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+[2126:192]
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+average video bitrate (in Mb/s) and average audio bitrate (in Mb/s)
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Why is the recommended bitrate printed by MEncoder negative?