[mythtv-users] Optimum encoding for remote mythtv

[John Kuhn]

why not use nuvexport and convert it to mpeg4? smaller file size.. 
similar quality

--John

Timothy.Weaver at at.redbull.com wrote:

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>About nine months ago, I setup a mythtv box. Using Jerod's instructions, I
>had little difficulty setting up mythtv running on Red Hat 9.0 using a P4
>2.5GHz, 512MB of RAM and a PVR-250.
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>The purpose was nothing short of survival. I currently live in Europe but
>setup the box at a friend's house in the USA so that I could record and
>download my favorite TV shows (How could I live without Curb Your
>Enthusiasm?). This has worked just fine. The only downside is that, even
>with my friend's "business" cable connection that provides about 40kbps
>upstream, downloading a 30 minute show is about 3-4 hours using my current
>encoding profile settings.
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>Those settings are currently 720x480 with a max bitrate of 3000 and audio
>at 48000 and 96k. There is only an analog cable input to the PVR-250, so I
>am sure those settings are overkill and are making the files larger than
>they need to be for the quality I would find acceptable.
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>My question is can someone suggest better settings? Obviously, I can test a
>variety of encoding settings but it's not so painless because I then have
>to download the file before visually inspecting it.
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>Currently, my idea is to drop the resolution to NTSC level (approx 352x525)
>while leaving the max bitrate at 3000. Am I heading in the right direction
>with this change?
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>Also, I would like to define the Low Quality profile for recording animated
>shows like The Simpsons or South Park. Any ideas what settings I should use
>for that?
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>Should I look at transcoding to something other than MPEG files? If so,
>what? I know I cannot yet use the commercial cut functionality on MPEG
>files, so that will have to wait.
>
>All help, advice, feedback, criticisms, and monetary donations are
>appreciated.
>
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