[mythtv-users] mythtranscode barfing

Jens Axboe mythtv-users at kernel.dk
Wed Sep 13 21:03:18 UTC 2006


On Wed, Sep 13 2006, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 09/13/06 09:25, Jens Axboe wrote:
> 
> >On Wed, Sep 13 2006, Janne Grunau wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>On Wednesday 13 September 2006 13:55, Jens Axboe wrote:
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Newbie question: can mythtranscode do mpeg2 -> divx (or whatever)
> >>>conversions to save some more space, or would that be left for user
> >>>defined jobs?
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>Yes it can. You have to configure a transcoding profile to activate it 
> >>(Setup -> TV Settings -> Recording Profiles -> Transcoders). Uncheck 
> >>the Lossless transcoding radio button and you should be able to setup 
> >>mpeg4 or rtjpeg as output codec. 
> >>    
> >>
> >Great thanks, will try that when I'm back home.
> >
> 
> Note, though, that doing this will give you a NuppelVideo container with 
> MPEG-4 data inside.  So, when you see a file that ends with ".nuv", you 
> know it worked.  (And, you'll need to install the appropriate CODEC's to 
> play it back on a Windows machine, for example.)

I have no need to play it back on any windows machines (none in sight),
but it would be nice if it worked in mplayer or xine for playback on
other machines.

-- 
Jens Axboe



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