[mythtv-users] mythburn - wow - this takes a LOOOONG time...

[Neil Davidson]

> If possible use your PVR-350 card or similar to record straight to
> a DVD compliant MPEG2 format. You can them Burn DVD's
> in close to or better than real time at least I can using a 2.4Ghz
> Celeron.
> 
> What would be really cool would be a hardware transcoder card
> that could not only decode the most popular formats but also 
> re-encode them to a choice of formats in real time or better.
> 
> My standalone dvd/hard drive recorder can do something similar
> by only MPEG2 to MPEG2 formats so it must be possible.
> 
> Paul
> 

Sure a hardware transcoder card is possible, just not very practical.