From c01f0cf4b2787dfa6b4dc152c032b999c5d7ccf9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mikael Finstad <finstaden@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2023 17:27:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] increase smart cut bitrate by 20%

see discussion in #126
---
 src/smartcut.js | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/smartcut.js b/src/smartcut.js
index 748629f2..e1bd79c6 100644
--- a/src/smartcut.js
+++ b/src/smartcut.js
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ export async function getSmartCutParams({ path, videoDuration, desiredCutFrom, s
     videoBitrate = stats.size / videoDuration;
   }
 
+  // to account for inaccuracies and quality loss
+  // see discussion https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut/issues/126#issuecomment-1602266688
+  videoBitrate = Math.floor(videoBitrate * 1.2);
+
   const { codec_name: videoCodec } = videoStream;
   if (videoCodec == null) throw new Error('Unable to determine codec for smart cut');