[mythtv-users] pvr-x50 settings poll

[Shane Hetzel]

Hauppauge Freestyle
720x480
4500 ave
6000 max
MPEG-2 PS
Audio at 48000
(Everything else is default, or as you describe)

I just receive regular broadcast quaility TV (via cable), no HD or digital
signals. I've been trying to come up with a couple of good profiles for
archival, and I think if I decrease the average bitrate above to around
4100, I'll be able to fit 3 one hour programs on a DVD (commercials cut).
I'm going for efficiency with a minimal sacrifice to quality.

For cartoons, I've been experimenting with recording at 352x480 at 3400-3700
average, just to try and fit 7 half-hour episodes on a DVD.

The slight loss in quality isn't very noticable to me on my 27" TV, and
while I don't mind cutting commercials, I really hate spending time to
re-encode and MPEG-2 stream to an MPEG-2 stream (just to reduce the
bitrate).

-Shane


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Myth" <myth at umich2.com>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 1:10 PM
Subject: [mythtv-users] pvr-x50 settings poll


> I've been curious, what are people using for settings on the pvr's and
> how is the quality?
> I setup via Jarod's guide (great work, btw!) and am using the default
> settings in myth (see below) which results in about 2 gigs per hour
> recorded.
> What settings are you using? How is the quality? What are the resulting
> recording sizes?
> ----------------
> MPEG-2 Encoders:
> width: 480
> height: 480
> Stream Type: MPEG-2 PS
> Aspect Ration: 4:3
> Bitrate: 4500
> Max. Bitrate: 6000
> Audio:
> Sampling rate: 32000
> Type: Layer II
> Bitrate: 384 kbps
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>


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