From 7d5755180a9098c30f4de95463c26c995a258d89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mathieu Moran <mathieumoran1@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 01:43:28 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(videos): set explicit 4Mbps bitrate for hw encode

Default h264_v4l2m2m bitrate was ~200kbps producing unusable quality.
4M video + 128k audio = ~100MB per 3-min clip, proper dashcam quality.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 modules/app_video.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/modules/app_video.py b/modules/app_video.py
index 7b6a3e0..e78d570 100644
--- a/modules/app_video.py
+++ b/modules/app_video.py
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ def _convert_bg(relative_path):
                 "ffmpeg", "-nostdin", "-loglevel", "error", "-y",
                 "-i", source_path,
                 "-c:v", "h264_v4l2m2m",
+                "-b:v", "4M",        # 4 Mbps — good quality, ~100MB per 3-min clip
                 "-c:a", "aac",
+                "-b:a", "128k",
                 "-movflags", "faststart",
                 "-f", "mp4",
                 tmp_path,