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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks Brad! How much reasonably should
bitrate be bumped up (in the recording profile)? And where is the
mpeg2->mpeg2 profile you mention?</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=myth@dermanouelian.com href="mailto:myth@dermanouelian.com">Brad
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, 29 February, 2008
15:11</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [mythtv-users] Advice on
getting best archive quality?</DIV>
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<DIV>On Feb 29, 2008, at 1:58 PM, Corey Wirun wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a PVR-350 and I record using a recording
profile with:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Image size: 720x480</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Video Codec: MPEG-2</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stream type: MPEG-2 PS</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Aspect: 4:3</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bitrate: 4500</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Max Bitrate:
6000</FONT></DIV></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE>You can try bumping this up if you
notice compression artifacts in your original recordings. I know at this level
my blacks looks very blocky and it bugs me so I push this a bit higher.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sampling: 32000</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Type: Layer II</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bitrate:
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class=webkit-block-placeholder></DIV>You're recording in a DVD-compliant
resolution and format so there's no need to re-encode anything. You can add
cutpoints and use the mpeg2 -> mpeg2 profile which should just cut and not
re-encode the video (in a matter of seconds) and then just set up the archive
job to not re-encode and you will have a DVD at whatever quality your original
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