2005-05-03, 08:46 PM
I have a couple of questions. I've scoured these boards and can't find a solution:
What is the best bitrate/resolution settings for recording conventional cable? I've read elsewhere that the resolution of a regular TV is about 352x240 and that at that resolution the optimum bitrate is about 4000kb/sec. Is there any truth to this? I know others here use different bitrates/resolutions. I'd like to keep the record as close to the original broadcast quality as possible.
How do you configure GBPVR to auto-transcode recordings from mpeg2 to xvid/divx? There's mention of it on the wiki, but it says its not the complete code, and I'm not smart enough to finish it, I'm afraid. I'd like to set it so whatever I transfer to my achives gets transcoded to divx in the wee hours of the morning and during the workday. Is there a way to do this?
What is the best bitrate/resolution settings for recording conventional cable? I've read elsewhere that the resolution of a regular TV is about 352x240 and that at that resolution the optimum bitrate is about 4000kb/sec. Is there any truth to this? I know others here use different bitrates/resolutions. I'd like to keep the record as close to the original broadcast quality as possible.
How do you configure GBPVR to auto-transcode recordings from mpeg2 to xvid/divx? There's mention of it on the wiki, but it says its not the complete code, and I'm not smart enough to finish it, I'm afraid. I'd like to set it so whatever I transfer to my achives gets transcoded to divx in the wee hours of the morning and during the workday. Is there a way to do this?