[mythtv-users] MPEG2 Editing

[Joseph A. Caputo]

Ed Wildgoose wrote:
> Jason Lee wrote:
> 
>> This may be slightly off-topic, but I'm curious as to what others are 
>> using to edit videos.  I have a PVR-250, so I have MPEG2 files to edit. 
> 
> 
> 
> I think you will find that Avidemux2 (recent versions) works well for 
> basic editing.  It can create DVD format vobs for output as well.  It's 
> no good for adding fades, etc though.  See some of the windows software 
> once you want to go past the basics.

Can anybody provide a good guide to converting high-bitrate MPEG-2 
recordings to SVCD-compliant MPEG-2 with avidemux2?  I realize that I 
could just set up an SVCD-compliant recording profile, but sometimes I 
don't know I want to archive something until after the fact.  Plus, I 
think it might result in better quality to initially encode at a higher 
bitrate, then re-encode to a lower bitrate.  Is it necessary to 
completely re-encode in order to lower the bitrate, or is there a 
quicker way?  And what is 're-quantizing' that I've heard mentioned?

Apologies if this is too OT...

-JAC