Timothy Daniel Hamer wrote: > On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, Scott Alfter wrote: >> Those AVIs you downloaded probably aren't using MPEG-2, but instead use >> some variant or another of MPEG-4. That's why they can deliver the same >> quality in less space. Comparing MPEG-4 to MPEG-2 is like comparing Ogg >> Vorbis to MP3. >> >> You could transcode from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4... > > I noticed the same thing with downloaded files vs. files captured from my > pvr 150, but even when i use mythtranscode to convert them to mpeg-4, i can > get downloaded AVI files that look much better and are smaller. Should i use > one of the external transcoding programs instead of mythtranscode?
There's a possibility that a standalone encoder might work better than whatever mythtranscode uses (I don't have much experience with mythtranscode as I edit and reencode to MPEG-2 to make DVDs). It's also possible that the AVIs you're downloading were captured from a cleaner source than whatever is feeding your PVR-150. _/_ / v \ Scott Alfter (remove the obvious to send mail) (IIGS( http://alfter.us/ Top-posting! \_^_/ rm -rf /bin/laden >What's the most annoying thing on Usenet? _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
