[mythtv-users] Recording quality and nuvexport

[Stephen Atkins]

Chris Petersen wrote:
  > File is smaller because it gets reencoded (and if you chose to, the
> commercials were removed).  Increasing the VBR would work, as well as 
> turning down the quantisation level (smaller == better).
> 
> You *can* get ivtv recordings directly onto dvd if you demux/remux them, 
> but I hear there are issues with ivtv (or the card, I don't know which) 
> tossing in weird blank frames every once in awhile when something can't 
> be encoded.  If you don't have any, the recording makes a great dvd, but 
> if you do, then you end up with AV sync issues when playing back on 
> some/most dvd players..  (I don't know how to do this.  I think that 
> archiving to dvd-video is a waste of a dvd when I can fit 27 half-hour 
> xvid episodes on a dvd and watch them with mythvideo)

Thanks for the info.  I would agree with the xvid but unfortunatly my 
mom only has a dvd player (and its old to boot) so I'm stuck with either 
(s)vcd or dvd.

Stephen