[mythtv-users] mythtranscode barfing

[Michael T. Dean]

On 09/13/06 17:03, Jens Axboe wrote:

>On Wed, Sep 13 2006, Michael T. Dean wrote:
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>>On 09/13/06 09:25, Jens Axboe wrote:
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>>>On Wed, Sep 13 2006, Janne Grunau wrote:
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>>>>On Wednesday 13 September 2006 13:55, Jens Axboe wrote:
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>>>>>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.)
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>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.
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Then using the built-in transcode profiles/UI are not what you want.  See
http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-23.html#ss23.1
http://forevermore.net/myth/

Mike