[mythtv-users] Transcoding settings for DVB source

[Chris Pinkham]

> I managed to get this working, thanks.  I transcoded a 30 minute show
> to MPEG4 which made it frop from 1.6Gig to ~700MB, which is a nice
> size, and still good quality.  My question is, is this some unique
> MPEG4 container, or is it normal DivX/XviD?  The reason I ask is even
> when I download the whole NUV file to my windows box, none of my media
> players will play it even when I rename the file to .avi yet my
> Windows box normally plays DivX/XviD just fine.
> 
> My ultimate plan is to be able to transcode some recordings to XviD so
> I can play them on the train on my PDA whilst also being able to leave
> the original high quality show on my Myth box.

I think you want nuvexport if you want .avi files.  You could even
have nuvexport run automatically for some shows using Myth's
JobQueue.  Just setup a custom User Job to run nuvexport and turn it
on for whichever scheduled recordings you want to automatically create
a .avi file for.

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Chris