rate limit tips and checks

Originally committed as revision 2643 to svn://svn.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg/trunk

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libavcodec/mpegvideo.c b/libavcodec/mpegvideo.c
index bbb427b558..d60ebd7e1f 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpegvideo.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mpegvideo.c
@@ -731,12 +731,21 @@ int MPV_encode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     s->loop_filter= !!(s->flags & CODEC_FLAG_LOOP_FILTER);
     s->alternate_scan= !!(s->flags & CODEC_FLAG_ALT_SCAN);
 
+    if(avctx->rc_max_rate && !avctx->rc_buffer_size){
+        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "a vbv buffer size is needed, for encoding with a maximum bitrate\n");
+        return -1;
+    }    
+
+    if(avctx->rc_min_rate && avctx->rc_max_rate != avctx->rc_min_rate){
+        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_INFO, "Warning min_rate > 0 but min_rate != max_rate isnt recommanded!\n");
+    }    
+        
     if((s->flags & CODEC_FLAG_4MV) && s->codec_id != CODEC_ID_MPEG4 
        && s->codec_id != CODEC_ID_H263 && s->codec_id != CODEC_ID_H263P){
         av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "4MV not supported by codec\n");
         return -1;
     }
-    
+        
     if(s->obmc && s->avctx->mb_decision != FF_MB_DECISION_SIMPLE){
         av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "OBMC is only supported with simple mb decission\n");
         return -1;