[mythtv-users] RE: MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 Transcoding comparisons

[Chris Petersen]

> I notice when viewing a DVD-ripped avi file, that they use very very small
> bitrates (on the order of 700 to 800).  And yet the quality is excellent.  I
> was unable to replicate this quality when initially doing the encode at 6000
> MPEG2 and transcoding to MPEG4/800 kbps.  Is this a function of the software
> doing the transcode?  Is this what the 'use high quality encoding' checkbox
> will do for me?

And if it's the HQ option, would it be better to have a 480x480
recording (or smaller) with the hq option enabled, or have a 640x480 (or
larger) recording with it off?

-Chris