[mythtv-users] RTJPEG vs MPEG4

Mark J. Small msmall at eastlink.ca
Thu Jan 13 09:32:37 EST 2005


On January 13, 2005 08:42 am, Phill Edwards wrote:
> I always thought RTJPEG was easy on the CPU but produced poorer
> picture quality than MPEG4. But then I read soething today which
> suggested that RTJPEG produced better picture quality.
>
> Is anyone able to post a few quick pros and cons of the two formats?
>
> I don't have hardware decoders so that's why I'm not asking about MPEG2.
>
> Regards,
> Phill

I'm not sure about rtjpeg's quality, but the big problem with it is that it 
creates huge files.   It is much easier on the CPU than the other options 
though.

Mark


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