[mythtv-users] Suggested bitrate for transcoding HD Mpeg 2 to Mpeg 4

Ian Evans dheianevans at gmail.com
Sun May 29 21:54:26 UTC 2011


On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 5:41 AM, belcampo <belcampo at zonnet.nl> wrote:
> I would suggest to take some 1 minute test-runs with quality settings
> between 16 - 25 and see where YOUR sweet-spot of quality vs space vs
> encoding-time and file-size lies.
> After 10 runs, which will take less then 30 minutes, you'll be able to
> make a meaningfull decision.

Where do I change this? Do I leave the bitrate alone?

The Autodetect from Mpeg2 transcoder is currently:

Bitrate: 3500
Max: 2
Min: 15

So do I leave the bitrate at 3500 and adjust the Min between 16-25?


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