Re: Recording TV: broken indexes, the endpos flag, and the recording status line

Nico Sabbi wrote:

> committed. Append also :vbuf_size=400 (or more, raise the size of the 
> video decoder's buffer) or more, and maybe raise the size of abuf_size, 
> too (unlikely to be necessary).
> Don't exxaggerate with vbuf_size, or it may lead to serious problems. 
> The default is 232KB (for dvd); ideally you should set it to the 
> smallest possible value to make muxing succeed

That works great Nico.

I found that for HD PAL (1440x1080) content vbuf sizes 333 and above
with an automatically-determined mux rate caused the mux rate to be
auto-increased to 16233.  With vbuf between 332 and 300 the final mux
rate increased to either 17857 or 19643, but the encoded file was still
fine. Below 300 the mux rate increased further, errors started to be
reported, memory started to run away, and the file was corrupted.

What would you recommmend for a program to record both SD and HD content?
A vbuf of 400 and auto mux rate, a setting for both vbuf and mux rate,
or should the vbuf setting change depending on whether SD or HD is being
encoded?  Should a vbuf of 400 cover all types of HD?

Mark