<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">> but you would have to do the encode manually with mencoder (x264).<br><br>I went ahead and wrote a module for mencoder x264 for nuvexport. Its pretty easy to extend nuvexport (hats off to its author for making it so easy to extend it).<br><br>Put the attached X264.pm file in /usr/share/nuvexport/export/mencoder/.<br>Apply this simple patch to /usr/bin/nuvexport by hand (just add the two lines marked with '+' in the right place):<br><br># diff -u /usr/bin/nuvexport.orig /usr/bin/nuvexport<br>--- /usr/bin/nuvexport.orig 2007-01-19 18:10:06.000000000 -0800<br>+++ /usr/bin/nuvexport 2007-01-21 21:06:41.000000000 -0800<br>@@ -73,6 +73,7
@@<br> or die "You need mencoder in order to use nuvexport in --mencoder mode\n";<br> # ffmpeg - seems to work better and is the default<br> require export::mencoder::XviD;<br>+ require export::mencoder::X264;<br> }<br><br> # Load the other export modules<br>@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@<br> }<br> elsif ($export_prog eq 'mencoder') {<br> push @Exporters, export::mencoder::XviD->new;<br>+ push @Exporters, export::mencoder::X264->new;<br> }<br> push @Exporters, export::NUV_SQL->new;<br><br>Add this to your .nuxexportrc:<br><br><mencoder::X264><br> multipass =
yes<br> vbr = yes<br> a_bitrate = 128 # Audio bitrate of 128 kbps<br> v_bitrate = 1800 # Remember, quantisation overrides video bitrate<br> width = 640 # Height adjusts automatically to width, according to aspect ratio<br> height = auto<br></mencoder::X264><br><br>adjust to taste. And off you go with the best looking video compression ever.<br><br>-devsk<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv@gmail.com><br>To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users@mythtv.org><br>Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 3:46:31 PM<br>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] How much space should transcoding HDTV to mpeg4 save?<br><br><div>On 1/19/07, ryan patterson
<ryan.goat@gmail.com> wrote:<br>> On 1/19/07, Phill Edwards <philledwards@gmail.com> wrote:<br>> > > So I'm<br>> > > not too interested in down sampling the resolution of my recordings.<br>> ><br>> > Then you're not really going to downsize the size of the files very much,<br>> > then.<br>><br>> Transcoding to a more efficient codec should allow smaller file sizes at the<br>> same quality. MPEG-4 is capable of achieving equal quality with a lower<br>> bitrate compared to mpeg-2.<br><br>Regular mpeg4(aka xvid) for HDTV size doesn't have this advantage,<br>which is where h264 comes in, but you would have to do the encode<br>manually with mencoder (x264).<br><br><br>-- <br>Steve<br>Before you ask, read the FAQ!<br><a target="_blank" href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions</a><br>then search the
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