[MEncoder-users] Converting video codec ffh264

[Moritz Barsnick]

Hi Malte,
I may be misunderstanding something, but:

On Sun, Oct 04, 2009 at 16:15:23 +0200, Malte Schünemann wrote:
> OK - I searched the web - found lots of entries how to convert DVD -> 
> H264 ... but what I would like to have is how to convert h264 transport 
> stream to a format that can be used for a DVD - afaik I will need mpeg-2 
> to have best quality.

If you're converting to DVD (MPEG2 is indeed required for DVD if you
desire quality), and there's a second transponder delivering you an
MPEG2 stream of the same channel/program, why don't you just use the
latter stream instead of converting the H.264 into MPEG2?  The TV
station may even have better (down-)conversion capabilities than you.

B-frames and such may be a consideration, but you haven't elaborated on
the details of the MPEG stream.

(Okay, you do have to recode the MP3 audio into PCM/MP2/A52 for
compatibility.)

Sorry if I misunderstood,
Moritz