[mythtv-users] video compression question

[Chris Petersen]

> Isn't 5400kbps a little overkill for MPEG-4?

No clue.  I just turned it up as high as I could with all of the
"quality" settings enabled, too.  My cable signal isn't the greatest, so
I figured it'd help keep codec-created noise at a minimum.  

At least, I think that's how high it is.  Yeah, 4500-5500 depending on
the profile.

Anyway, I'm really just curious whether higher-bitrate with lower-res
makes a difference vs higher-res + lower-bitrate -> resize to lower-res.

-Chris