[mythtv-users] Converting "mythtranscoded" files to avi...

[Kevin Kuphal]

On Jan 2, 2008 10:04 AM, Steve Smith <st3v3.sm1th at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
>   On 02/01/2008, Kevin Kuphal <kuphal at dls.net> wrote:
>
> >   On Jan 2, 2008 9:05 AM, Steve Smith <st3v3.sm1th at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > A question for the transcoding gurus out there.
> > >
> > > I currently use the inbuilt Myth transcoding options to transcode many
> > > of my shows.
> > > It's set to transcode to:
> > >     MPEG4
> > >     2400kbps
> > >     MP3 audio with 32K sample rate.
> > >
> > > This seems to produce NUV files (and good results played back on
> > > MythFE or VLC player on Windows).
> > >
> > > For Xmas I got a Yamada DVD player that can play back DIVX, XVID, MP4
> > > etc.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately it won't play the NUV files even if I rename them to
> > > AVI.
> > >
> > > I've tried getting ffmpeg to rewrite them to an AVI container using:
> > >       ffmpeg -i FILE.nuv -f avi -vcodec copy -acodec copy OUT.avi
> > >
> > > However, what I get then is a file where the video plays at roughly
> > > twice the speed of the audio!
> > >
> > > So my questions are:
> > >      1) HOW do I convert the NUV files to a playable AVI (as in
> > > playable on a "standards" based divx/mp4 player)?
> > >      2) Can I do this WITHOUT further transcoding?
> > >      3) Can I get Myth to do the transcoding correctly in the first
> > > place? (I'd accept having to rename the file, re-transcoding seems a bit
> > > pointless).
> > >
> >
> > To answer 3, yes you can, but you need to use another program in place
> > of mythtranscode like ffmpeg or mencoder and convert directly to the format
> > you want as a post-recording user job.
> >
> > Kevin
> >
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> Kevin,
>
> So my next question is, if I use something like ffmpeg to transcode to
> avi, and tweak the filename in the database appropriately, will MythFE still
> use the "internal" player as it currently does for my transcoded files?
>

Well, that depends.  From Watch Recordings, it only uses "Internal".  I do
this at times importing AVIs using the ragetvgrab script posted here.  If
you are doing this through MythVideo, you obviously have the choice.

Kevin
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