[mythtv-users] Archiving TV shows to DVD

[Jeff Simpson]

I record everything at 720x480 so that it matches up with the native
resolution of DVD.

Each 30 minute show is ~1.1gigs, so with commercials removed, 2 hours
should easily fit on a 4.7 gig disc (I've done 3 30 min shows on a
disc before I did commercial removing)

 - Jeff

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 11:13:39 -0600, M S <skd5aner at gmail.com> wrote:
> Not sure off the top of my head.  I think some shows are recorded in
> 480x480 and some in 704(?)x480.  As for bitrates, that I can't
> remember.  I'll have to check when I get home.  I could never get a
> clear understanding of ratio of resolution to bitrate and what I
> should set them to respectively.  However, whatever you guys recommend
> I'll do.  I'd like to be able to at least fit 4 30 min shows on, or 2
> one hour shows, at the bare minimum.  This is regular cable broadcast
> and not HDTV and it's being recorded with a PVR-250.
> 
> I started a process with nuvexport last night, we'll see how that
> goes.  But again, I'm still looking for solutions that might be
> better/different/easier.  I really like how MythBurnDVD works (menu
> creation, etc) but the sound just doesn't work.
> 
> Also, does anything address AC3 sound?
> 
> 
> On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 11:25:42 -0500, Bruce Smith <blubdog at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 09:16:26PM -0600, M S wrote:
> > > > Hi,  I know this is has been asked before, but I can't seem to find
> > > > the right answer.  I want an _easy_ solution to backup shows to DVDs,
> > >
> > > Here's my solution.  Works only with MPEG2 data from a PVR-x50 card,
> > > but does not require re-encoding.
> >
> > What values do you have for your record settings?
> > (bitrate, resolution, etc.)?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > - BS
> >
> >
> > > For each file:
> > >
> > >   mkfifo dvdmpegn
> > >   replex -i PS -v 0xe0 -a 0xc0 -k -t DVD -o dvdmpegn n.nuv &
> > >
> > > Then:
> > >
> > >   mkdir DVD
> > >   dvdauthor -o DVD dvdmpeg1 [.. dvdmpegn]
> > >   dvdauthor -T -o DVD
> > >
> > >   test DVD with ogle
> > >
> > >   (audio warnings are harmless)
> > >
> > >   Burn with:
> > >
> > >   nice -n -20 growisofs -Z /dev/hdc -dvd-compat -dvd-video -udf DVD
> > > ----------------------------------------
> > > For MPEG-2, with requant (to reduce size):
> > >
> > >   mkfifo vid
> > >   mkfifo aud
> > >   mkfifo demux.mv2
> > >   mkfifo demux0.mp2
> > >   replex --demux -i PS -v 0xe0 -a 0xc0 -k -o demux brokaw.nuv &
> > >   cat demux.mv2 | buffer -s 50k -m30m | tcrequant -f 1.33 | buffer -m10m >vid &
> > >   cat demux0.mp2 | buffer -s 50k -m30m | cat | buffer -m10m >aud &
> > >   mplex -f 8 -V -o dvdmpeg aud vid &
> > >   dvdauthor -o DVD dvdmpeg
> > >
> > >   burn as above
> >
> > 
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