[mythtv-users] Looking for trancoding suggestions

[James Pifer]

On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 10:35 +0100, Steve Smith wrote:
> I've looked at doing similar whilst staying in MPEG2 for MVP support.
> If you are prepared to drop resolution you can save quite a bit of
> space.
> Try using ffmpeg's "SVCD" setting....
> 
> (I've noticed that if I set the resolution to SVCD size manually i.e.
> with -s 352x258 (I can't remember the exact size) the video won't play
> with mvpmc properly, using the SVCD setting works.... strange)
> 
> But really if you want to maintain quality MPEG4 is your only option.
> How big is the screen on this portable device? It may be profitable to
> set the resolution to the exact number of pixels on the portable e.g.
> my Palm has a 320x320 screen so if I set the resolution to that,
> that's the maximum I'll need.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Steve

The portable device doesn't have a screen. It's basically a HD enclosure
with firmware that makes it a multimedia player. You can connect it to
external sources using SVideo/RCA or optionally HD.

I'm starting to think I will go ahead and use MPEG4. Using mencoder and
transcode I was able to create a very high quality video and it cut the
size down more than half. 

If I insist on using the MediaMVP I could try using the windows software
that transcodes videos on the fly. 

Thanks,
James