[mythtv-users] Bitrate/quality on PVR-150

[Bobby Gill]

Thank you Chris, that's an excellent link!

I also record at 720x480 and have now set my my bitrate up to 8000.

Bob

On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 6:38 PM, Chris Porter <hoodlum7 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Monday 11 August 2008 03:23:58 pm John Drescher wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 5:04 PM, Bobby Gill <bobbygill at rogers.com>
> wrote:
> > > I'm just checking to be sure I am recording/watching at the highest
> > > quality my card can do (I know it's not the sweetest one but
> nevertheless
> > > hehe). I have a PVR-150 and under MPEG-2 encoders my default is using
> an
> > > MPEG-2 PS stream and 6000 bitrate. Does a higher bitrate = better
> quality
> > > (hd space not a concern) or is there a number on the scale where it
> maxes
> > > out and me setting it any higher is irrelevant? And is MPEG-2 PS the
> > > highest quality stream to set?
> >
> > One thing that I found was important was to set the resolution to
> > 640x480. Any other resolution on my PVR150s yielded a worse picture.
> >
> > John
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> When talking about resolution in the video world, the frame size (or
> resolution for most people) does not count for video quality nearly as much
> as bitrate does. What bit rate are you actually using at 640x480?  My
> settings for capture are 6000 for the lower end and 8000 for the high end
> and
> I do capture at 720x480.
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