[mythtv-users] Optimum encoding for remote mythtv

[Gregory J. McGee]

> Message: 13
> Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 11:36:14 -0400
> From: John Kuhn <kuhn at razorsys.com>
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Optimum encoding for remote mythtv
> To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Message-ID: <409FA16E.8030103 at razorsys.com>
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> why not use nuvexport and convert it to mpeg4? smaller file size.. 
> similar quality
> 
> --John
> 
> Timothy.Weaver at at.redbull.com wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> >About nine months ago, I setup a mythtv box. Using Jerod's
> instructions, I
> >had little difficulty setting up mythtv running on Red Hat 9.0 using
> a P4
> >2.5GHz, 512MB of RAM and a PVR-250.
> >
> >The purpose was nothing short of survival. I currently live in Europe
> but
> >setup the box at a friend's house in the USA so that I could record
> and
> >download my favorite TV shows (How could I live without Curb Your
> >Enthusiasm?). This has worked just fine. The only downside is that,
> even
> >with my friend's "business" cable connection that provides about
> 40kbps
> >upstream, downloading a 30 minute show is about 3-4 hours using my
> current
> >encoding profile settings.
(//snip for brevity)

...Or perhaps just turn transcoding to MPEG4 on?
(or is he doing that already? I'm not sure of what the mpeg2 settings
look like)
You should be able to edit out commercials once transcoded, but the
files going to be smaller even with them, ~1G/hr at
720x480x2200bps(mpeg4)
(sort of hard to make the edits from Europe I suppose)

Remember to turn on HQ&4mv, but NOT for capturing in MPEG4, just for
transcoding, unless perhaps you have a AthlonXP 3200+ or better...
(Capturing hires in MPEG4... This way madness lies)

Avidemux2 will load your NUVs and trim the commercials out nicely in any
case.