[mythtv-users] Transcoding settings advice

[Isaac Richards]

On Friday 02 January 2004 02:51 am, David A. Mason wrote:
> Currently, I'm recording at about a 4000 bitrate at 720x480, but any
> configuration change I make to the MPEG2 transcoding settings seems to
> yield very blocky, low-quality results - even if I pump the bitrate up well
> above the original (which doesn't make sense, but I tried for argument's
> sake). I've got the quality set at full, with minimum three below that, and
> I've tried various combinations of the three option checkboxes on that same
> page.

Higher quality is a lower number.  From what you said, you've got it set at 
the lowest quality.  'Modifying the default may have severe consequences' is 
the help text for those settings for a reason =)

Isaac