[mythtv-users] MythArchive issues ... No more queue slots??
George Mari
george_mythusers at mari1938.org
Fri Dec 26 14:28:41 UTC 2008
Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> On Dec 25, 2008, at 3:13 PM, A JM wrote:
>
>> Sorry about that Brad, the filetype is an MPEGTS and I'm choosing
>> not to Re-Encode the file since in the past that worked perfectly...
>
> MPEGTS could mean a lot of things depending on what the broadcaster
> felt like putting in that mpeg transport stream. I'm guessing this
> particular file contains streams that are in some way different than
> the ones that worked in the past. Enable the option to re-encode and
> see how it works.
>
I have found that I need to re-encode almost any OTA recording, since it
is almost never in DVD-compatible format. (720x480, max bitrate of 9Mb/s
I think)
If when you get to that screen, the default is set to one of the
re-encode options, instead "Don't re-encode", it seems that Mytharchive
is smart enough to know that the file or recording *needs* to be
re-encoded to be DVD-compatible.
This would probably apply to QAM recordings, as well.
For recordings from my PVR-350, it is setup to only record in 720x480
format, with a bitrate that is within the acceptable range for DVD
recordings, so when I choose to archive a recording from this card, it
seems to always default to "Don't re-encode".
Not sure if this is the behavior you are seeing, just thought I'd pass
along my observations.
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