[FFmpeg-user] [AVCHD] Join + resize?

[Gilles]

On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 23:51:47 +0100, Gilles <codecomplete at free.fr>
wrote:
>ffmpeg -i myfile.mts -s 640x480 -codec:v mpeg4 -profile:v 3 -codec:a
>copy myfile.mp4

The output file is 10% of the size of the original file. However, it's
so compressed that it shows. Is there a way to tell Ffmpeg to compress
a bit less so as to keep a nice-looking picture?