[mythtv-users] Bitrate/quality on PVR-150

[John Drescher]

On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 5:04 PM, Bobby Gill <bobbygill at rogers.com> wrote:
> I'm just checking to be sure I am recording/watching at the highest quality
> my card can do (I know it's not the sweetest one but nevertheless hehe). I
> have a PVR-150 and under MPEG-2 encoders my default is using an MPEG-2 PS
> stream and 6000 bitrate. Does a higher bitrate = better quality (hd space
> not a concern) or is there a number on the scale where it maxes out and me
> setting it any higher is irrelevant? And is MPEG-2 PS the highest quality
> stream to set?
>

One thing that I found was important was to set the resolution to
640x480. Any other resolution on my PVR150s yielded a worse picture.

John