[mythtv-users] nuvexport compresses to DiVX to make a BIGGER file?!

[Dave Bush]

Okay folks - something went screwy with my nuvexport and I'd be ever
so grateful if someone could help me out.

When I first started running nuvexport to archive some shows off it
gave me shows of a reasonable size. For example - a one hour episode
of Monster Garage came out at 143.06 MB in divx format.

Now things have changed, and I don't remember changing any settings in
nuvexport! I just ran it and exported an hour long show to see how it
compared to the episode of Monster Garage noted above. Well, the
original NUV file of the show I converted was 1,228.49 MB and
converted to divx it's - ready for this? - 2,661.49 MB.

This makes absolutely no sense to me!

Here's a screen cap from when I did it. Can anyone see anything I'm
doing wrong that'd cause this?

         Show:  Modern Marvels
      Episode:  St. Lawrence Seaway
      Airtime:  9/15, 10:00 PM

  1. Export to SVCD
  2. Extract .nuv and .sql
  3. Export DivX
  4. Export WMV
  5. Export to VCD
  6. Export to VCD for DVD (48kHz audio)
  7. Export to DVD
  8. Export OGM (CLI support) (disabled)
  9. Export to MP3
 10. Transcode export to XviD
 11. Transcode export to VCD
 12. Transcode export to VCD for DVD (48kHz audio)
 13. Transcode export to SVCD
 14. MPEG2->MPEG2 cut only (disabled)

  r. Return to episode menu
  q. Quit

Choose a function:  3
Where would you like to export the files to? [.]
Output filename?  [Modern Marvels - St. Lawrence Seaway.avi]
No cutlist found.  Hopefully this means that you already removed the
commercials.
Audio bitrate? [64]
Video bitrate? [256]
Horizontal resolution? [320]
Vertical resolution? [240]
[tcprobe] MPEG program stream (PS)
Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos.
Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos.
Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos.
2004-09-17 10:35:34 Transcoding from
/mythtv//1042_20040915220000_20040915230000.nuv to
/mythtv//1042_20040915220000_20040915230000.nuv.tmp
Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos.
Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos.
Input #0, mpeg, from '/mythtv//1042_20040915220000_20040915230000.nuv':
  Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg2video, 720x480, 29.97 fps
  Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 384 kb/s
2004-09-17 10:35:37 Created video fifo: /tmp/fifodir.26027/vidout
2004-09-17 10:35:37 Created audio fifo: /tmp/fifodir.26027/audout
2004-09-17 10:35:37 Video 720x480 at 29.97fps Audio rate: 48000
2004-09-17 10:35:37 Created fifos. Waiting for connection.
Waiting for mythtranscode to set up the fifos.
2004-09-17 10:35:37 Audio is 333ms behind video at # 0
2004-09-17 10:35:37 Audio is 101ms ahead of video at # 0
2004-09-17 10:35:37 Audio is 67ms ahead of video at # 2
2004-09-17 10:35:37 Audio is 34ms ahead of video at # 4
ffmpeg version 0.4.9-pre1, build 4718, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
  built on Sep 12 2004 09:27:55, gcc: 3.3.4 (Debian 1:3.3.4-11)
Input #0, s16le, from '/tmp/fifodir.26027/audout':
  Duration: N/A, bitrate: N/A
  Stream #0.0: Audio: pcm_s16le, 48000 Hz, stereo, 1536 kb/s
Input #1, rawvideo, from '/tmp/fifodir.26027/vidout':
  Duration: N/A, bitrate: N/A
  Stream #1.0: Video: rawvideo, yuv420p, 720x480, 29.97 fps
Output #0, avi, to 'Modern Marvels - St. Lawrence Seaway.avi':
  Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, 320x240, 29.97 fps, q=2-31, 256 kb/s
  Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 64 kb/s
Stream mapping:
  Stream #1.0 -> #0.0
  Stream #0.0 -> #0.1
[mpeg4 @ 0x40278010]removing common factors from framerate
Press [q] to stop encoding

**WAIT A WHILE**

Encode lasted: 5h 18m 44s

Thanks for using nuvexport!

Regards, 
- Dave
-- 
Dave Bush <hockeystatman at gmail.com>

There are two seasons in my world - Hockey and Construction