[mythtv-users] MythTV & Dolby ProLogic question

[Isaac Richards]

On Tuesday 11 February 2003 02:00 pm, Cliff Draper wrote:
> Hi,
>
> After spending sometime configuring hardware (I had to replace my
> Fortismo III with a SB Live, and replace an old ATI video card with an
> old nVidia card, and get rid of the generated mysql password), I'm now
> at the point where I can start trying to get the best results out of
> my system.
>
> Some broadcasts are sent in Dolby ProLogic encoded in 2 channels and I
> want to make sure that when LAME is used to do compression, it doesn't
> "compress out" the Dolby ProLogic information.  My understanding is
> that this means LAME should be run with full stereo (sometimes simply
> known as "stereo" I believe) instead of "joint stereo".  Does MythTV
> use "joint stereo"?  And if so, how can I switch it to use full
> stereo?

It always compresses in full stereo mode, not joint stereo.

Isaac