[mythtv-users] DVB - mpeg2 recording possible?

[Kenneth]

Hi!

>Torsten Schenkel wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 16:14, Hyronimus wrote:
> > recordings are always stored in the nuppel-video-format, no 
> > matter if they're from an analogue TV-card or from DVB.

All recorded show will be named '<chanid>_<starttime>_<stoptime>.nuv',
even if the file is a mpeg2 file.

> > Since DVB outputs directly a high quality mpeg2-stream,

And that is what is recorded, only filtering away unwanted stuff,
like different audio languages and such.

> > Is this already possible or planned?

Already possible!

> > DVB-users: Are you satisfied with the transcoded recordings?

Very satisfied with the recorded shows, with my latest code,
it has no major hickups. And when my disk is full, I transcode
the recordings to mpeg4/xvid/divx to save space.

(Search the Gossamer archive for DVB Alpha for further info)

> I don't know about DVB cards, but a PVR250/350, which is an analogue
> tuner card with H/W mpeg2 encoding, records directlt to 
> mpeg2. Should be the same with any TV card that outputs mpeg2
> on /dev/video.
> 
> Test:
> - Load your card driver
> - cat /dev/video > test.mpg

Won't work, unless you have a Full (not budget) Card with HW decoder,
and you also have to set the tuner of the card with (s|t|c)zap or alike.

The source of recording from a dvb card is /dev/dvb/adapter<num>/dvr0.

Kenneth