[mythtv-users] Suggested bitrate for transcoding HD Mpeg 2 to Mpeg 4

[Ian Evans]

On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 3:35 AM, belcampo <belcampo at zonnet.nl> wrote:
> Test it for yourself, messure and draw your own conclusions.
> Multi-pass is a waste of time unless you absolutely need the max quality
> at a given size, size of a cd or dvd, otherwise if you don't need the
> past % in size, forget about multi-pass. Try yourself, see and measure
> and decide yourself.
> As you see, there is no bitrate given for the video part, the bitrate is
> a result of your quality settings.

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

If this is done as a user job, is there a way to keep the filename the
same so the show's still available in Watch Recordings?