[mythtv-users] Another Stupid Question

[belcampo]

The GUIGuy wrote:
> David Brodbeck wrote:
>> I would suggest using mencoder or something similar to transcode them 
>> to MPEG4.  That's what I do for stuff I want to archive.  Normally I 
>> do this on the command line, but at the moment I'm playing around with 
>> Avidemux, which is a pretty nice graphical interface for transcoding.
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> mencoder/ffmpeg etc really aren't giving the quality of the original. 
Depends on what options you tell mencoder/ffmpeg to use. You can tell 
them to transcode to 'a given' quality.
> However, I have managed to copy and rename the original recordings and 
> each will fit on a single layer DVD, which solves my main problem. I'm 
> going to re-process them later with DIVX7/mkv if for no other reason but 
> curiosity.
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> Cheers
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