0. I know that WMV is still closed project and, probably, my questions will not be answered. But I did not find answers in WMV9VCM.CHM which seems to be the only source of information for end users. Well...
1. Does anybody know a tool to read and analyze statistics of the 1st pass created by WMV9?
2. What exactly is stored in *.tmp file? or in other words, what else (except for average bitrate, certainly) is allowed to change before the 2nd pass?
I've tested another width & height (with and without keeping original aspect ratio) and noticed nearly no difference...
BTW... Developers in *.HLP wrote absolutely predictable: "Ensure that all compression properties are set for the second pass exactly
the same as they were for the first pass." 3. Well... I must confess I'm not sure
, but... I did some tests and it seems that WMV9 during the 1st pass is not absolutely fair in the bitrate distribution - in all cases (irrespectively of the actual complexity of movies), the average BR during the first 10-20 minutes much exceeds BR at the end (sometimes, twice or even more). I suspect that developers from MS took into account that eyes usually get tired. First frames are excellent, last frames look ugly (but who will take care about it after 2 hour playback?) Did anybody see the same?This is one more reason why the statistic reader is wanted.
Thnx, Alek$
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, have I a chance to re-mux the ouput WMV-container onto separate streams (WMV & WMA) and mux them, say, in Matroska 
? Actually, I need only video stream... WMA may readily be converted in OGG, VBR MP3, etc