[mythtv-users] MPEG4->MPEG4 transcode?

Preston Crow pc-mythtv05c at crowcastle.net
Thu Jan 12 15:55:13 UTC 2006


On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 07:47 -0800, Steve Briggs wrote:
> I record as MPEG4, flag commercials, then transcode 
> to MPEG4 to remove commercials.  The video paramters 
> (resolution, bit rate, etc. remain the same).
...
> I see a discussion of a new capability with MPEG2-MPEG2
> transcoding for commercial removal where it cuts out 
> the commercials and does minimal reecoding as needed 
> near the cut points.  That's exactly what I want to do,
> but with MPEG4.  Is there a similar capability existing 
> or planned for MPEG4-MPEG4 transcoding?

Most people, especially the developers, use the PVR-xxx cards that have
built-in MPEG-2 encoders, so I wouldn't expect to see much work going in
to improving transcoding with a MPEG-4 source.

Of course, once Hauppauge or someone like them starts selling cards with
MPEG-4 encoders, we'll start to see a lot of attention paid to MPEG-4
source material.

--PC



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