[mythtv-users] Transcode and remove commercials

[Chad]

On 2/20/06, Matt Hannan <mythtvlist at cox.net> wrote:
> http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-23.html#ss23.14
>
> Is this still true in 0.19?
>
> "The transcoder can be used in two ways:
>
>   * Automatically re-encode every file once it has completed recording
>   * After marking commercials, the transcoder can be run manually to
>     delete the commercials from the file (thus further saving space)
>
> The two methods are independent. The first is an automatic process that
> can be enabled/disabled through the setup program; the second is a
> manual method which must be invoked on each recording individually."
>
> I am looking to to the second option. Are there anyways to automate this
> process?
>
> Thanks, (and I hope this comes thru in plain text),
> Matt
>
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With a Cron job and mythtranscode commandline usage.

Chad