[mythtv-users] Playing back transcoded files (transcoded to Mpeg-4)

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Sat Apr 8 16:20:55 UTC 2006


On 04/07/2006 10:51 PM, ffrr wrote:
> Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>> Shouldn't MPEG4 files use mp4 or mpg extensions?
>> File extensions don't mean anything.  We're not on Windows. ;)
> True, although even linux apps/desktops associate extensions with 
> filetypes/apps, by gathering those extensions together as one type of 
> file.  Take a look at the file associations under KDE and 'known types' 
> have a list of filename patterns like *.mpg, IOW file extensions.
>   

Oh, yeah.  You mean Windows for Linux (GNOME and KDE). :)

>> Anyway, MPEG-4 from Myth is video encoded with an MPEG-4 CODEC and 
>> contained in a NuppelVideo container (so it is a NuppelVideo file).  You 
>> can use the MPEG-2 lossless transcoding to remove commercials and save 
>> around 3% of the space used by the original.
> Not enough IMO.  I want to use mpeg4 and achieve at least half the file 
> size.
>   

BTW, that was supposed to be 30% (i.e. commercials take up about 1/3 of 
the recording), but it's still not 50%.

Mike


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