[mythtv-users] Nuvexport settings?

[Chris Petersen]

> I'm trying to use nuvexport for the first time to archive a few sports
> recordings I taped.  I've run a few exports to VCD and SVCD, but the quality
> really stinks.  Does anyone have any recommended settings for the export?
> Or maybe a recommended format?

Start with high quality originals, run denoise, use SVCD, not VCD (vcd
just sucks compared to SVCD), don't put more than an hour show (minus
commercials) onto a CD.  The default svcd export settings are set for
just that (note: denoise, cutlist, etc. default to off on the
non-interactive command line).

Since you have a PVR card, you might look at the transcode_SVCD module. 
I don't/can't use it myself (transcode doesn't work on standard nuv
files), but it's supposedly a lot faster than the original one that I
wrote.

As for quality, stick with svcd, it's just better (higher resolution,
mpeg2 vs mpeg1).  Unfortunately, mpeg2enc isn't that great of an encoder
- it's very slow, doesn't support multipass, and I've been extremely
unimpressed with the output quality.  I'd like to look into using ffmpeg
for svcd export, but haven't had time to even glance at its options.

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