[mythtv-users] nuvexport - drastic quality difference

[Matt]

On 5/14/07, Chris Petersen <lists at forevermore.net> wrote:
> Matt wrote:
> >    I'm currently running current FFMPEG SVN and nuvexport SVN, still
> > choppy.  Looks pretty bad.  I guess I'll resort to using transcode
> > versus ffmpeg.  Can you get good quality xvid's by using ffmpeg
> > yourself today?
>
> Your debug stuff looks like the ffmpeg command is doing what it's
> supposed to for the bitrate, which is the only "quality" bug I know
> about.  Personally, I think that transcode's xvid encoder is just
> better, which is one of the reasons I switched to h.264 for my exports.
>
> -Chris
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Chris, what I haven't got into h.264 much yet.  What option is that in
nuvexport?  Does that use ffmpeg or transcode and how long does it
usually take to compile a show.  Also, when I tried to compile ffmpeg
with x264, I could never get it to work on ubuntu feisty.  Maybe I
didn't find the right packages or something.

Any other comments on why you chose h.264?

Thanks!
Matt