[mythtvnz] Advice for encoding ...

[Nick Rout]

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Jonathan Hoskin
<jonathan.hoskin at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I know Hi5 is probably not something you are too worried about
>> maintaining quality on, but re-encoding twice is not a particularly
>> good option.
>
> Actually, I don't re-encode twice. Just once using Handbrake. I'll use
> Avidemux just for removing unwanted start and end garbage, then a straight
> copy of the raw video and audio.

Ah yes silly me!

>
>>
>> On the avidemux forum there are posts about transport streams not
>> opening properly. I don't have time to go through all of them right
>> now. I suspect you need a recent (read development/beta/whatever)
>> version.
>
> I'm not too fussed about keeping my recordings in their original containers
> (or file sizes!). I suspect Avidemux won't recognise LATM audio anyway. My
> PS3 and Apple devices don't, which is why I re-encode to vanilla AAC (and
> lower bitrate h264) first.
>