[mythtv-users] How will changing from 480x480 to 720x480

[Steven Ellis]

On Fri, December 1, 2006 8:21 am, jim scott wrote:
> On 11/30/06, Trey Thompson <treythompson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I saw a post from drescherjm that recommend to record in 720x480
>> instead of the 480x480 so that there's no ffmpeg needed when burning a
>> full quality DVD.
>>
>> How will changing that affect things like file sizes, screen appearance,
>> etc...?
>>
>> I'm on Axel's latest distro, nvidia 5200 SVID out to a TV.
>>
>
> You will have larger files and might see better picture quality.

You won't notice a huge difference on a normal TV over SVID. With a larger
screen over VGA/Component/DVI you will notice some difference, but I
generally recommend bumping the average bitrate up for those screens as
well.

Steve

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