[mythtv] MPEG4 files

[Chris Palmer]

Isaac Richards wrote
> On Monday 07 April 2003 11:55 pm, Jared Hanson wrote:
> > Is there any plan on using a standard file format for shows recorded in
> > MPEG4 format.  It would be nice if these files could be viewed on other
> > computers using just MPlayer, or another media player such as QuickTime,
> > RealOne, or Windows Media Player.  I know there are patches for MPlayer,
> > but it seems like more work.  If you can record to a standard encoding, why
> > not to a standard file format?
> 
> I like the flexibility of having my own file format.

I don't fully understand the patch to mplayer.  It seems
that there are limits to what you can convert to.  I thought
I'd be able to use mencoder to convert to any format that
mencoder can write as, but it doesn't seem to be able to.

One of the things I want to do is create VCD's, and I see
that it can be done.  No worries there.

But, I want to take recordings from MythTV and re-encode
them into some other format, or modify the resolution or
bitrate and I can't seem to get mencoder to do anything
with the Myth files other than "copy" the stream, which
means it hasn't changed anything.

Am I missing something, or is this just "the way it is"
(for now, I hope)?

-Chris