[mythtv-users] Problems with xvid/mpeg4 encoding

[Robert Tsai]

On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 05:31:02PM -0400, Sasha Z wrote:
> I have 2200 kbits/sec on 320x240. AutoGK (windows) turns a two hour
> movie into a 1401 MB file with excellent quality and AC3 audio...
> with the same video codec, at a much higher resolution.
> 
> I have fiddled with all the controls and have been completely unable
> to find something satisfactory. I'm beginning to wonder if my codec
> is broken or if the default settings we're not supposed to touch are
> bad.

Not enough information. Is this mythtranscode, or some external tool
like nuvexport etc.?

Assuming mythtranscode, which transcoder are you using? You need to
make sure you are configuring the appropriate transcoder ("From
RTjpeg" or "From MPEG4") for your source material.

Two important flags in the transcoder are "resize video while
transcoding" and "scale bitrate to match resolution".

--Rob
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