Most preferred way to stream to TV?

ukbobboy wrote:
Hope this helps in your investigations

Yes, this is helpful.

I am noticing four things
(a) the codecs in this FLV are already compatible with MP4 - AVC video and AAC audio. With some effort you can find a way to remux the FLV (which eliminates any need for transcoding). This is faster than transcoding, and there no quality loss at all, since the original media streams are being kept.

(b) Your converter is changing the size from 624x352 to 800x480 This won't improve the quality (since the real resolution is always limited by the original).

(c) The tool also appears to be converting the frame rate from US film speed (23.97 fps) to US television speed (29.97 fps). Most TVs and hardware media players will do this kind of translation more accurately than a software conversion tool can (and even an entry-level TV shouldn't be worse).

(d) Your original is encoded at 400 kbits, and the conversion was encoded at 2 mbits. Both are AVC - there's no benefit in re-encoding using the same codec @ 5x the bitrate.

In the short run, look for settings that preserve the original resolution and framerate. And try reducing the bit rate to something much closer to the original. If you see an option that copies the original media, try using it.

If you are interested in remuxing, I can look for a tool that can do that for flv to mp4.