[mythtv-users] Nuvexport settings?

[Scott Pouliot]

So I guess my best bet is to just use the menu system and choose Export to
SVCD or Transcode to SVCD and leave the options alone huh?

Does the output look drastically different on a TV Set vs a PC monitor?  I
know the resolution of a TV is quite a bit less...just my living room is all
torn down for painting at the moment...so I can't pop a burnt SVCD in my DVD
Player  ;-)  hehe 

-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Chris Petersen
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 5:11 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Nuvexport settings?

> 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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