<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 10:19 PM, John P Poet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jppoet@gmail.com">jppoet@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 8:13 PM, Yeechang Lee <<a href="mailto:ylee@pobox.com">ylee@pobox.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> John P Poet <<a href="mailto:jppoet@gmail.com">jppoet@gmail.com</a>> says:<br>
>> If the quality via the HD-PVR is lower, you probably have the<br>
>> bitrate on the HD-PVR set too low.<br>
><br>
> Speaking of bitrates, how optimal are the settings in the default<br>
> HD-PVR recording profile? Is there room to tweak them, or are they<br>
> about as good as VBR bitrates for the device can get?<br>
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</div>I am not even sure what the current defaults are. I have been using<br>
my HD-PVRs since before Myth had defaults for the HD-PVR :-)<br>
<br>
As far as what the defaults should be, that is a good question. I<br>
would assume most people using the HD-PVR are more concerned with<br>
quality than file size. Personally, I use max bitrate VBR by default,<br>
and max bitrate CBR for "high quality" (e.g. sports events).<br>
<div class="im"></div><br></blockquote><div><br>That's actually a good idea, though I'd probably do it the other way around (CBR for shows/movies and VBR for sports and maybe documentaries).<br><br>The defaults on the HD-PVR were ...<br>
<br>Low Avg - 4,500, Low Max - 6,000<br>Med. Avg - 9,000, Med. Max - 11,000<br>High Avg. - 13,500, High Max - 20,200 <br><br>Quality vs. Filesize ... for stuff I watch right away I don't really care about filesize, but I also have stuff that sits around unwatched for a long time (I have some recordings almost a year old) and for those I'd rather have smaller file sizes.<br>
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