movie gets a tad to big and i decide to re-encode, do i need the 1st pass again?

[Bertone]

ok, here´s the situation:

the final avi get´s a tad to big and i decide to reencode with less kbps. i do not want to change anything else!

can i re-use the log or do i have to make another 1st pass.

if that´s possible, what exactly am i not allowed to change?

thanx for any help

[jonny]

Yes, you can only change the bitrate and reuse the log from the first pass.

Anyway isn't better to reencode the audio with a lower bitrate?

[Bertone]

Originally posted by jonny
Yes, you can only change the bitrate and reuse the log from the first pass.

Anyway isn't better to reencode the audio with a lower bitrate?

those files don´t contain any audio-streams
i burn the video-file on the 1st cd and the audio-files on the 2nd

it doesn´t not always work out but hey, some films were made to be saved on harddisk