[mythtv-users] Archiving Shows to DVD

[James Armstrong]

> The scripts assume that the original files are mpeg2 in a DVD comaptible
> resolution (720x576 for pal and 720x480 for ntsc; 704x576 and 704x480
> are also mentioned in the standard and should work, as should a few
> low-res settings).
> 
> Transcoding differet formats is on the radar for the scripts, but not
> right away.
> 
> Next thing I'll add is recoding mpeg2 audio to ac3 for ntsc DVDs - on
> pal, mpeg2 is a required format for all players so no problems there. On
> NTSC ac3 is required and mpeg2 optional; just another way to introduce
> artifical regional incompatibilities in the DVD standard. Works nicely
> on my system, just need to bundle it up as a tarball.
> 
> After that, I'd like to have bitrate reduction using tcrequant - some of
> the DVB stations I receive broadcast at bitrates of ~ 7500kb/s which
> comes to ~ 4GB per hour. Meaning: a feature length film won't fit on a
> DVD as-is.
> 
> Once that works I might add transcoding of different formats - no
> promises though: my system is DVB only, and I don't currently transcode
> anything, so motivation is fairly low.
> 
> Bye, Martin

One thing I would like to see as far as a wish list goes (aside from the 
tcrequant) would be support for taking HD recordings 1920x1080i or 
1280x720(?) resolutions and transcoding them down to fit on a DVD as a 
wide screen recording. I am getting more and more HD recordings.

Thanks for all the work. Your scripts rock,
James