[mythtv] [PATCH] MP3 options for TV recording

[David Zanetti]

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On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Matt Zimmerman wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 11:35:35AM +1300, David Zanetti wrote:
> > Changes:
> >  - Renames "MP3 Quality" to "Algorithm Quality", reflecting what the
> > control actually does. Help text updated to suit.
> 
> This control does not affect the quality of the algorithm.  It should
> probably be renamed "Quality", regardless of what the underlying setting is
> named.

Odd, because that's exactly how the function is described in lame.h:

/*
 internal algorithm selection.  True quality is determined by the bitrate
 but this variable will effect quality by selecting expensive or cheap
 algorithms.
 quality=0..9.  0=best (very slow).  9=worst.
 recommended:  2     near-best quality, not too slow
               5     good quality, fast
               7     ok quality, really fast
*/
int CDECL lame_set_quality(lame_global_flags *, int);

.. and that's what the mp3quality setting calls even before this patch. I
note the command-line lame has the same descriptions of the option.

> >  - Adds CBR/ABR/VBR option
> 
> Have you checked whether this actually works properly?  I thought there was
> a reason why things were the way they were.

I posted to the list a few days ago asking about that myself, but didn't
get a response. However, works for me with least CBR (have done a few
hours of recordings with it already), and briefly tested VBR and ABR using
live tv just to check it got some audio.

I'll run a few hours of recordings in ABR/VBR modes just to check there's
no drift and it works as expected.

> >  - Adds bitrate option (for CBR/ABR)
> >  - Adds quality slider (for VBR)
> >  - Adds stereo mode (auto, joint stereo, stereo, mono downmix)
> 
> Rather than having comments like "Ignored if...", it would be better to have
> only applicable options displayed depending on the value of the CBR/ABR/VBR
> option.  See the codec selector, some of the audio settings, etc. for
> examples of how to do this.

Aye, I shall do that and resubmit.

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