From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 29 19:59:30 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 893B216A440 for ; Thu, 29 Sep 2005 19:59:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from smarthost1.sentex.ca (smarthost1.sentex.ca [64.7.153.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D630F43D48 for ; Thu, 29 Sep 2005 19:59:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from pumice3.sentex.ca (pumice3.sentex.ca [64.7.153.26]) by smarthost1.sentex.ca (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j8TJxSmV074159 for ; Thu, 29 Sep 2005 15:59:28 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by pumice3.sentex.ca (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j8TJxRp0072725 for ; Thu, 29 Sep 2005 15:59:28 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from simian.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [192.168.43.27]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j8TJxQHg043459 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 29 Sep 2005 15:59:26 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <6.2.3.4.0.20050929155647.03113e40@64.7.153.2> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.3.4 Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 15:59:26 -0400 To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org From: Mike Tancsa Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.51 on 64.7.153.18 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.51 on 64.7.153.26 Subject: fast transcoding of pvr-250 created files X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 19:59:30 -0000 I just got my pvr250 up and running again and was wondering what people use for fast and efficient transcoding ? The native format is quite large and I want to convert the file into xvid or divx for later viewing, but I dont want to reduce the quality too much. Anyone doing anything similar, and if so what program are you using with what options ? % tcprobe -i daily-26.mpg [tcprobe] MPEG program stream (PS) [tcprobe] summary for daily-26.mpg, (*) = not default, 0 = not detected import frame size: -g 720x480 [720x576] (*) aspect ratio: 4:3 (*) frame rate: -f 29.970 [25.000] frc=4 (*) PTS=0.4004, frame_time=33 ms, bitrate=9520 kbps audio track: -a 0 [0] -e 48000,16,2 [48000,16,2] -n 0x50 [0x2000] (*) PTS=0.3338, bitrate=384 kbps -D 1 --av_fine_ms 33 (frames & ms) [0] [0] Thanks! ---Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Sentex Communications, mike@sentex.net Providing Internet since 1994 www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada www.sentex.net/mike