[mythtv-users] Nuvexport with Trunk -- A few obervations / issuses

David Herman dherman516 at gmail.com
Tue Jul 22 23:44:51 UTC 2008


Thanks Steve... I will try those settings...   Have you seen or noticed the
1st issue I raised?

Dave

On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 7:13 PM, Steve Peters - Priority Electronics <
steve at priorityelectronics.com> wrote:

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>  -----Original Message-----
> *From:* mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:
> mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] *On Behalf Of *David Herman
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 22, 2008 3:50 PM
> *To:* Discussion about mythtv
> *Subject:* [mythtv-users] Nuvexport with Trunk -- A few obervations /
> issuses
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> I have been offloading a bunch of content off my DVR. One thing I caught a
> few things...
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> 1. Anytime I chose gencutlist, I would get a avi that was all blank and
> without sound. If I disable the option, it works... Any ideas?
> 2. Encoding with either ffmpeg or mencoder never shows the correct number
> of frames to process. ffmpeg is maybe 10% off, while mencoder is 400% off
> 3. How the heck do I get 40 minutes of content under 400 meg (with xvid)?
> Everything off the torrents is about that size (for 40 minutes) and I can't
> get it under 800 meg!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Dave
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> Dave, in your nuvexportrc file, use mencoder, vbr = yes, multipass = no,
> quantisation = 4 (or higher for lower file size), a_bitrate = 96, v_bitrate
> doesn't matter since you put no on multipass. - I regulary do 1 hour shows,
> transcoded to about 40-45 minutes when you take out commercials, doing xvid,
> and i get about 170mb per file with very good quality.
>
> Mencoder is much better at lowering the file size for the quality you get,
> also note that the frame counts remaining are way off, but it still works
> out in the end.
>
> -Steve
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