As noted in a comment, pe.min in the reference encoder
is centered around current pe. The bit reservoir algo
needs pe.min to be a local minimum, because it can only
account for local PE variations. If it's set to a global
minimum as was being done, bit reservoir logic doesn't
work as efficiently.
This patch tries to forget old minimums and converge to
a local minimum without losing the stability of the
previous solution. Listening tests until now suggest this
solves numerous RC issues.