Hi-
I'm seeing some strange behavior from my TCS', it doesnt have happen all the time and not on all boxes.
Some recordings will transcode at a much higher bitrate than others. All the aliases are set to the same template and output type, MP4/Medium.
Here are 2 recordings of the same type, trancoded on the same box. This is the media info output:
Recording 1:
General / Container Stream # 1
Total Video Streams for this File -> 1
Total Audio Streams for this File -> 1
Video Codecs Used -> AVC
Audio Codecs Used -> AAC LC
File Format -> MPEG-4
Play Time -> 1h 32mn
Total File Size -> 1.04 GiB
Total Stream BitRate -> 1 602 Kbps
Video Stream # 1
Codec (Human Name) -> AVC
Codec (FourCC) -> avc1
Codec Profile -> Baseline@L3.1
Frame Width -> 1 200 pixels
Frame Height -> 490 pixels
Frame Rate -> 29.886 fps
Total Frames -> 166430
Display Aspect Ratio -> 2.449
Scan Type -> Progressive
Colorimetry -> 4:2:0
Codec Settings (Summary) -> 1 Ref Frames
QF (like Gordian Knot) -> 0.088
Codec Settings (CABAC) -> No
Video Stream Length -> 1h 32mn 48s 739ms
Video Stream BitRate -> 1 549 Kbps
Video Stream BitRate Mode -> VBR
Bit Depth -> 24 bits
Video Stream Size -> 1.00 GiB (97%)
Date of Original Encoding -> UTC 2013-03-12 14:09:59
Audio Stream # 1
Codec -> AAC
Codec (FourCC) -> 40
Audio Stream Length -> 1h 32mn 48s 682ms
Audio Stream BitRate -> 48.0 Kbps
Audio Stream BitRate Mode -> CBR
Number of Audio Channels -> 1
Audio Channel's Positions -> C
Sampling Rate -> 48.0 KHz
Bit Depth -> 16 bits
Audio Stream Size -> 31.9 MiB (3%)
Date of Original Encoding -> UTC 2013-03-12 14:09:59
Recording 2:
General / Container Stream # 1
Total Video Streams for this File -> 1
Total Audio Streams for this File -> 1
Video Codecs Used -> AVC
Audio Codecs Used -> AAC LC
File Format -> MPEG-4
Play Time -> 1h 42mn
Total File Size -> 313 MiB
Total Stream BitRate -> 429 Kbps
Video Stream # 1
Codec (Human Name) -> AVC
Codec (FourCC) -> avc1
Codec Profile -> Baseline@L3.1
Frame Width -> 1 200 pixels
Frame Height -> 490 pixels
Frame Rate -> 29.904 fps
Total Frames -> 183080
Display Aspect Ratio -> 2.449
Scan Type -> Progressive
Colorimetry -> 4:2:0
Codec Settings (Summary) -> 1 Ref Frames
QF (like Gordian Knot) -> 0.021
Codec Settings (CABAC) -> No
Video Stream Length -> 1h 42mn 2s 220ms
Video Stream BitRate -> 375 Kbps
Video Stream BitRate Mode -> VBR
Bit Depth -> 24 bits
Video Stream Size -> 274 MiB (88%)
Date of Original Encoding -> UTC 2013-03-12 14:23:10
Audio Stream # 1
Codec -> AAC
Codec (FourCC) -> 40
Audio Stream Length -> 1h 42mn 2s 155ms
Audio Stream BitRate -> 48.0 Kbps
Audio Stream BitRate Mode -> CBR
Number of Audio Channels -> 1
Audio Channel's Positions -> C
Sampling Rate -> 48.0 KHz
Bit Depth -> 16 bits
Audio Stream Size -> 35.0 MiB (11%)
Date of Original Encoding -> UTC 2013-03-12 14:23:10
Any idea what could be causing this?
thanks
Dan
