[mythtv-users] Capture size for faster re-encoding

George Nassas gnassas at mac.com
Mon Sep 25 01:42:00 UTC 2006


On 24-Sep-06, at 6:41 PM, Sergei Gerasenko wrote:

> Another unrelated question. I just compared the various recording
> profiles (Default, LiveTV, Low Quality and High Quality). All of them
> have the bitrate set to 4500 and max bit rate to 6000. Is this the
> default setting?

Yes.

> What are the usual values for the profiles?

It's hard to give a blanket recommendation so you're basically on  
your own. The chart at this page:

http://www.mediachance.com/dvdlab/tutorial/bitrate.html

points you in the right direction to make smart choices for your setup.

- George



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