[mythtv-users] Lossless Autotranscode works, but why no cutlist?

[Steven Adeff]

On 5/11/06, Jeff volckaert <jvolckaert at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just upgraded to FC5 and Mythtv .19.  I setup lossless transcoding for my
> MPGs from a PVR150 tuner.  That works fine, but why does the cutlist not
> load?  I'm told it's because commercial skip isn't trustworthy yet, but it
> seems pretty amazing to me.

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/200609?search_string=transcode%20commercial%20cut%20list;#200609


>  Also, when I do lossless transcode from mpeg->mpeg the file shrinks.  Why?

basically, transcoding throws away needless junk. Its more noticable
in DVB streams since they are TS mpegs and end up converting to PS
which gets rid of a lot more "junk".


>  Also (2), when I load the cutlist by hand and kick off the transcode while
> viewing, the length of the recording doesn't update.  I watch these with a
> MediaMVP and it tells me that Simpsons is 30 min long, but it stops at 20.
> Bug?

it was a bug, I believe it is fixed in 0.19-fixes though.

-- 
Steve
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