[mythtv-users] Re: Transcoded file not playing back on PVR-350 out

DCL dcl63 at hotpop.com
Thu Oct 7 23:56:22 EDT 2004


Grant Edwards wrote:

>On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 07:03:06PM -0700, DCL wrote:
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>>Once I transcode a .nuv file it will not play back through my PVR-350.
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>What format did you transcode to?  AFAIK, the PVR-350 only
>plays MPEG2 streams. Transcoding to MPEG2 is disabled by
>default, so you're probably not transcoding to MPEG2.
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I believe I transcoded to MPEG4

>>Acutally it blanks my CRT and nothing shows on the TV.  I am
>>then unable to return to the program.  I can however putty in
>>to my Myth box from a Windows machine where I am limited to
>>what I can do before the Myth box locks up completely.
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>>Can transcoded files be played back to a TV through a PVR-350?
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>Only if they're MPEG2.  [Though I'd be pleased as punch to find
>out I'm wrong and the '350 can play MPEG4 streams...]
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Okay.  MPEG2.

>>If so, what settings should I set up for transcoding and/or
>>playback?
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>Enable the MPEG2 transcoding option (you've got to hack a C++
>file and then rebuild MythTV), and then select MPEG2 output
>format instead of MPEG4 or RTJPEG.  Then you'll have to arrange
>to run the commerical-flagging program with the -rebuild flag
>to regenerated the seek database for the file.
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How would I do this?  Has anybody already hacked the C++ code for 
transcoding to MPEG2?  Will this even compress the file enough to make 
it worth it?

Thanks Dan

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