[mythtv-users] MPEG2 -> MPEG2 Transcoding

Kevin Kuphal kuphal at dls.net
Tue Mar 28 17:22:53 UTC 2006


Paul Harrison wrote:
> Kevin Kuphal wrote:
>   
>> Mark A. Hoover wrote:
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>>>> From: Kevin Kuphal <kuphal at dls.net>
>>>>
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>>>>> Is this true?  And if so, is there a way to transcode the entire file and
>>>>> not just around the cut points?
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>>>> 0.19 fixed many many issues around MPEG-2 lossless trascoding.  Instead
>>>> of just going by what you've been told, have you tried doing either to
>>>> see what *your* results are?
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>>> I've only done one or two shows so far, so I didn't consider that to be a 
>>> sample set big enough to be a definitive answer.  The shows I've done so 
>>> far don't seem to have any issues as far as I can tell.
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>> Nothing like trying to fix a problem that doesn't exist.  Be happy.  
>> It's working.
>>
>> Kevin
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> Kevin,  just curious, after you have used the lossless MPEG2->MPEG2 
> transcoding are you then doing anything else to the files that require 
> them to be de-multiplexed like burning them to DVD?
>
>   
I've never used MPEG2->MPEG2 lossless yet.  I pretty much watch what I 
watch and the delete.  I do transcode my HD to MPEG-4 because one 
frontend can't handle it yet and that seems to work fine also.

Kevin


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