[mythtv-users] Encoding to h264 to save space

[Brian Wood]

Chris Isip wrote:
> I am able to shrink 1 hour of video to approximately 150 MB at 200 kbit 
> with ffmpeg using h264.  Seems to work well except with seeking.  I 
> wonder if this is a keyframe issue.  When I forward or rewind, there is 
> distortion for a few seconds and then the video fixes itself.  If I 
> forward or rewind before the video is fixed, the progress bar seems to 
> jump back.  Seeking is more reliable when the distrotion is allowed to 
> clear first.  Also, I cannot jump to the very first frame of the 
> recording.  If I exit the recording and play it again, I start on the 
> first frame.  Here is a copy of my latest script.  Single pass for now 
> (hoping to go to 2 pass).  I was wondering if anyone could give me any 
> ideas as to how to fix this issue.

Can't help you on the seek problem, but:

What does it look like at that level of compression? I'd think that 
150MB/hour would look like crap (technical term), even on an iPod.

beww