[mythtv-users] Transcode from HD to SD, what settings?

[Allen Edwards]

I have asked this before and been told basically to experiment.  Maybe
if I ask it specifically someone knows the answer.

I have an OTA ATSC system.  Every evening I record Jepordy in HD and
transcode to the lowest quality setting.  This takes a 3.6GB recording
down to 3.6GB, not much help.  I recode another show off a DT station
(9.2 in San Francisco) and the same length show takes up only 0.8GB
and looks just fine on the 37 inch CRT TV with S-Video input that we
use for watching Jepordy.  We watch the shows about a month after
broadcast so the time to transcode isn't an issue.  We have a 10 ft
screen that we use for watching shows in HD, btw.

What I want is to know the transcode settings that will take my 3.6GB
Jepordy recording down to the same quality I get with the DT station
and hopefully only use 0.8GB although that may be asking too much.
But taking a 3.6GB show down to 3.6GB clearly isn't asking enough.

Allen