[mythtv-users] transcode makes files bigger ?

[Robert Tsai]

On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 12:56:33PM +0100, Chris wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> 1 1022 transcode 5 0 2006-02-06 12:18:56 mickey Transcode Finished Blown
> away: 3.5 GB (Autodetect) 
> 
> 2 1021 transcode 5 0 2006-02-06 09:45:00 mickey Transcode Starting Blown
> away: 2.9 GB (Autodetect)
> 
> I thought the idea was to make files smaller ?
> 
> I'm using Revision: 8711

What are the resolution, bitrate, etc. settings in the transcoding
profile? If the math works out, then you will have to lower the
bitrate and/or resolution to see your space savings ...

--Rob
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