[mythtv-users] Video transcoding and scaling quality

[jedi at mishnet.org]

> I am trying to transcode a HD recording at 1080i to 720i, and also to SD.
>
> When I run mplayer on the original recording I see this:
>
> Movie-Aspect is 1.82:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
> VO: [xv] 1440x1080 => 1964x1080 Planar YV12
>
> So I transcoded to 960x720. Now mplayer does this:
>
> Movie-Aspect is 1.82:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
> VO: [xv] 960x720 => 1310x720 Planar YV12

Why didn't you just leave the resolution alone to begin with?

I have tried to monkey around with my own files doing things
like cropping and such to get rid of letterbox bars on movies
but I have always gotten poor results. I've found it better to
just leave the resolution alone.

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