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On Sat Apr 01, 2006 at 08:43:54PM +0000, Edward B. DREGER wrote:
> I'm curious how program content is currently stored. (Note that I'm
> totally ignoring live broadcast.) If MPEG-2, I'd guess conversion to
> MPEG-4 might produce less-than-desirable image quality.
Whilst MPEG-2 for broadcast purposes will be in the 3-5Mbps range, MPEG-2
for archival/storage will be at a significantly higher bitrate. If you're
storing at high bitrate MPEG-2, the transcoding to MPEG-4 will have much
better results than if you transcoded from broadcast quality MPEG-2.
Simon
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