Encoding w/ XMPEG

[Trekerboy]

Hello all! I've read through the XMPEG guide on doom9's site to the last letter, but it seems like the guide assumes better results than what I get....

I have no problem encoding (no errors or anything) but the final product when shown full screen displays macroblocks. I'm aiming for a 650mb file size so the bitrate of the movie should be about about 867 kbps or so. The frame-size I have set as of now is 480x384.

My question is can I set the "frame-size" larger then what I have it at now to get rid of some of those macroblocks?

I'd appreciate any suggestions!

[Ramesh]

to bve honest i have no probs until lately of xing, althoug i use high frame size and higher resolution so my quality is always awesome, i think ur bitrate is low and well as frame size, i aim for a 2 cd option most of the time. hope it helps :)