[mythtv-users] Transcoding 101

[Chad]

On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 6:38 PM, C.T. Paterson <i.adore.my.64 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Using archived Simpsons episodes as examples; the mpeg-2 recordings
> (with commercials) are 1.2 gigs.  The commercial-free mpeg-4s clock in
> at around 160 megs, give or take.
>
> If we extrapolate the 160 megs to be 22 of the 30 minutes we get
> around 220 megs...so about a 80% savings from the re-encoding.
>

When this type of info is given, can we also get the transcoding info
(command line, settings, etc)?  I also do some transcoding, but not on
my recordings.  It would be helpful to know what kind of settings
people use to produce their results.

Thanks!

-Chad