[mythtv-users] Suggested Encoding Rates

[Jason McLeod]

I'm a little new to encoding video.  Usually I just care about the  
end format, not the resolution and bitrate.

I leave it to the list, are there any resources out there that you  
use to decide your recording rates?  My card is a PVR-150MCE, so it's  
doing hardware MPEG2 encoding.

How low of a resolution is too low?
How low of a bitrate for the video is too low?

I'm trying to get a good balance between file size and quality, with  
out going crazy and recording at full DVD quality, I mean, come on,  
it's cable TV.

Cheers,

-Jason

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