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

[James L. Paul]

Jim Paris wrote:
>>I assume I'd just drop my MPEG-2/DEFAULT bitrate to 2200 or so and check the
>>quality... is that right?  Should I expect to get any space savings from
>>converting a 2200 MPEG2 into a 2200 MPEG4?  I have no reason to use MPEG4
>>other than trying to save space.
> 
> 
> 2200 MPEG2 will take the same space as 2200 MPEG4, but the MPEG4 will
> look better.

Untrue. Converting an MPEG2 to MPEG4 will not look better than the 
original MPEG2. If anything it will look worse.

If you capture MPEG4 in the first place, that's another story.

> -jim
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