I recorded the season premiere of Smallville from cable QAM and here are the stats using Mediainfo. Based on this, what x264 params should I use for a very-high quality video? (I'm using Handbrake.) I'm guessing that using a higher bit rate than what was sent over by my cable company would be a waste?
General #0
Format: MPEG-2 Transport
File size: 6.61 GiB
PlayTime: 1h 3mn
Bit rate: 15 Mbps
Video #0
Codec: MPEG-2 Video
Bit rate: 80Mbps
Bir rate mode: CBR
Width: 1920 pixels
Height: 1080 pixels
Aspect ratio: 16/9
Frame rate: 29.970 fps
Standard: Composite
Chroma: 4:2:0
Interlacement: Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame): 1.287
Audio #0
Codec: AC3
Bit rate: 384 Kbps
Bit rate mode: CBR
Channels(s): 6 channels
Channel positions: Front: L C R, Rear: L R, Subwoofer
Sampling rate: 48 KHz
Language: English
Audio #1
Codec: AC3
Bit rate: 192 Kbps
Bit rate mode: CBR
Channels(s): 2 channels
Channel positions: L R
Sampling rate: 48 KHz
Language: Spanish
General #0
Format: MPEG-2 Transport
File size: 6.61 GiB
PlayTime: 1h 3mn
Bit rate: 15 Mbps
Video #0
Codec: MPEG-2 Video
Bit rate: 80Mbps
Bir rate mode: CBR
Width: 1920 pixels
Height: 1080 pixels
Aspect ratio: 16/9
Frame rate: 29.970 fps
Standard: Composite
Chroma: 4:2:0
Interlacement: Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame): 1.287
Audio #0
Codec: AC3
Bit rate: 384 Kbps
Bit rate mode: CBR
Channels(s): 6 channels
Channel positions: Front: L C R, Rear: L R, Subwoofer
Sampling rate: 48 KHz
Language: English
Audio #1
Codec: AC3
Bit rate: 192 Kbps
Bit rate mode: CBR
Channels(s): 2 channels
Channel positions: L R
Sampling rate: 48 KHz
Language: Spanish
