Encode to an MPEG2 352x240....?

[HeeZy]

i'm trying to set sagetv to encode at 352x240 as an MPEG-2. i don't care about quality as i don't have much HDD space right now. i can try to make a new encoding quality to VCD with 48Khz audio (ready to author to DVD), but then i can't watch it while i'm recording as MPEG-1 doesn't support pausing or something like that.

so i just want the VCD resolution, but in MPEG-2 so i can watch and pause and do whatever, while its recording. and it is a valid resolution in the DVD Spec.

http://www.videohelp.com/dvd.php#tech

i used this recording quality,

mmc/python2_encoding/M2-352x240-192k=videobitrate\=1520000|outputstreamtype\=10|width\=352|height\=240|audiobitrate\=192|audiosampling\=48000

but then the output video is 352x480, which is also in the DVD spec, but its not 352x240 as i wanted.

so does sagetv support this format of MPEG-2, 352x240?

thanks

[dvd_maniac]

I would just use 352x480 and worry about the bitrate and see if that looks good enough. I had setup a 352x240 mpeg-2 setting when using BTV a LONG time ago and when comparing that with the same bitrate at 352x480 on a 42" HDTV no one in my family could see the difference.

[HeeZy]

Originally Posted by dvd_maniac

I would just use 352x480 and worry about the bitrate and see if that looks good enough. I had setup a 352x240 mpeg-2 setting when using BTV a LONG time ago and when comparing that with the same bitrate at 352x480 on a 42" HDTV no one in my family could see the difference.

thats what i was thinking. i should use 352x480. when encoding a 30 minute show to a VCD, the output is about 310MB, where a 352x480 and the same bitrate is about, 410MB-420MB. i guess i can live with that.

maybe its a hardware issue and not sagetv. i use Wintv-pvr-usb2. i'll see if it supports M2 352x240.....