On Thursday 17 November 2005 20:44, Michael T. Dean wrote: > Donavan Stanley wrote: > > On 11/17/05, *Chris Trown* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > I've read that some people transcode to MPEG4 format. The > > reasons > > I've read are better picture and less disk usage. True? > > > > > > If you're transcoding you're transcoding to MPEG4. The reason for > > doing so is space that's it. > > Right. Basically, better picture for any given bitrate (size). > However, if you transcode a digital broadcast, you will be losing > quality. The MPEG-2 used to encode the original is a lossy format, and > when you decode it and re-encode in MPEG-4, another lossy format, you've > reduced the quality. Better than re-encoding to MPEG-4 is buying more > disks... > > Mike
for absolute quality yes, but for basic archival purpose (you know, until HD-DVD's finally come out....), transcoding to mpeg4 is quite good, you can get a 1hr show onto a CDR if you do it right and get maybe a 5% discernable quality loss. Steve _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
