[mythtv-users] Reducing the resolution of HDTV recordings

[Robert Tsai]

On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 09:52:12PM -0500, Chris Ribe wrote:
> On 2/14/06, Robert Tsai <rtsai1111 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 01:46:33PM -0800, yan seiner wrote:
> > > Robert Tsai wrote:
> > > >>So there is currently no way to transcode for TV recordings?
> > > >>Is there a way to use an external player?  Either one will
> > > >>do....
> > >
> > > >What do you mean? I use mythtranscode to reduce the resolution
> > > >of my recordings of broadcast HDTV.
> > >
> > > OK, how do I do that?  Is there a way to do it on the fly
> > > automagically so the user never sees it?
> >
> > It's not on the fly, but it can be configured as an automatic
> > post-processing step as soon as the recording is done.
>
> If your frontend can't handle realtime decoding and scaling, it
> certainly won't be capable of realtime transcoding.
> 
> The easiest way to accomplish what you are trying to do would be to
> just record/watch the SD version of the channel in question.

That's no fun. Besides, then you lose some other stuff:

	- wide-screen aspect ratio
	- 5.1 sound
	- better quality picture (probably)

--Rob
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