[mythtv-users] transcode?

[Brian Wood]

On Apr 19, 2008, at 8:48 PM, steve wrote:
>
> |
> | Since you're using RTjpeg I assume you're using a frame grabber
> | card(s).
>
> yeah pvr150


Wups, a PVR-150 is not a frame grabber, it's an MPEG2 hardware  
encoder. Unless you're transcoding you have MPEG2 files, not RTjpeg,  
and I don't see any reason you'd want to transcode to RTjpeg.

>
>
> If you have the horsepower you could encode to mpeg4
> | directly, but you probably know that.
>
> i went through all the recording profiles and changed the whole  
> shebang
> to mp4, we'll see what happens i guess. using an amd 3200 with a gig  
> of
> ram....not the fastest puppy but it does ok for now... he was going to
> watch a south park episode from wed, but it wouldnt play at all... he
> just came upstairs to watch it on my trusty ubuntu setup lol.

If you selected mpeg4 encoding you don't have a PVR-150, need to  
resolve this as the first thing I'd want to know is what is the  
Windows box trying to play.

I figure the WoW folks take in enough money worldwide to pay off the  
national debt in about a year. Imagine if those resources went into  
something useful...

beww