[mythtv-users] Re: Ripped DVD's to 350 HW

[Jesse Guardiani]

Boleslaw Ciesielski wrote:
> Marty Ravell wrote:
>> Can anyone tell me if it is possible to rip a DVD and then encode it 
>> in such a way that I can watch it through the hardware decoder on my 
>> PVR 350?
>
> Try something like this:
>
> mencoder -quiet -ovc copy -oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=mp2:abitrate=256 \
> -af volume=20 -of mpeg -aid 128 -o foo.mpg dvd://1
>
> See also this thread:
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/ivtv/devel/23067

Note that XV support stabilized shortly after that thread, and I now highly
recommend installing ivtv 0.3.8 and xdriver 0.10.6 and just using XV. It
uses up a bit more CPU, but you gain the added benefits of AC3 sound,
xmame, etc...  and it still worked fine on my 733mhz P3.

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Jesse Guardiani
Programmer/Sys Admin
jesse at wingnet.net