<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 12:20 AM, 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 9:22 PM, James Orr <<a href="mailto:james.orr7@gmail.com">james.orr7@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 10:19 PM, John P Poet <<a href="mailto:jppoet@gmail.com">jppoet@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> 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>
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>> > 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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>> 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>
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>> 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>
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> That's actually a good idea, though I'd probably do it the other way around<br>
> (CBR for shows/movies and VBR for sports and maybe documentaries).<br>
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</div>So, you would use "high quality" for shows/movies, and "default" for<br>
sports. Or, I suppose you could use CBR as the "default" mode, and<br>
VBR in the "low quality" mode.<br>
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> The defaults on the HD-PVR were ...<br>
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> 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>
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</div>Low, Med, High meaning "out of the box" default mode rates for 480i,<br>
720p and 1080i, right? Do you know what the "high quality" is set to<br>
"out of the box"?<br>
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<br></div></div></blockquote><div>Yeah, that's right. The default, high quality and low quality profiles all have the same default values. The 1080 (high) bitrate is the maximum the sliders will allow for both average and max.</div>
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