[vdr] [ANNOUNCE] xxv-1.6.1 - stable release

2010-10-30 Thread Andreas Brachold
Hello, I'm announce this bugfixed stable release. xxv-1.6.1 is now the major stable release of XXV the Xtreme eXtension for VDR, it's containing a set of bug fixes. XXV means Xtreme eXtension for VDR and is a central service for the administration of the VDR and his environment. Here a small

Re: [vdr] Compressing VDR recordings without losing quality.

2010-10-30 Thread Niko Mikkilä
Hi and sorry for this long post. I thought to share some of my personal experiences and insights on re-encoding DVB recordings. I might also have a few useful tips that are not always found in these discussions at Linux-specific forums and mailing lists. Feel free to skip this wall of text if you

Re: [vdr] Compressing VDR recordings without losing quality.

2010-10-30 Thread Tony Houghton
On 30/10/10 02:50, VDR User wrote: That sounds good when you read the datasheets but real world results are a bit different. Also, what you're referring to is encoding comparisons all from a raw source - not mpeg2 vs. the same mpeg2 reencoded in h264. I can't stress enough that there is no

Re: [vdr] Compressing VDR recordings without losing quality.

2010-10-30 Thread VDR User
On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Niko Mikkilä n...@phnet.fi wrote: Tradeoffs As Lars Bläser pointed out earlier, all this processing and encoding comes at a high price in CPU time and energy consumption. Whether it's worth it depends on your purposes, so make your own calculations. If you