[mythtv-users] Why aren't my shows auto-transcoding?

[James Sumners]

I have the same problem. I just haven't taken the time to write the email.

Everywhere there is an "enable transcoding" box to be ticked, I have
ticked it. That includes my recording profiles, the backend setup, and
the individual show recordings. My shows are never auto-transcoded.
The auto-commflag runs, but the auto-transcode does not.

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 9:27 PM, Brian Phillips <brian.phillips at gmx.net> wrote:
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> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Matt Emmott
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 7:19 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Why aren't my shows auto-transcoding?
>
>
> I've tried setting some of my SD shows recorded via my PVR-250 to transcode
> after recording, but for some reason they aren't being transcoded - I look
> in my recordings and a half hour show is still around 1.09GB. I can manually
> transcode a recording by selecting a recording, going to info - Job Options
> - Begin Transcoding - <Low or medium> quality. The show will then show up in
> jobs and when all is said and done transcode down to about 290MB on medium
> quality.
>
> To confirm that a show is set to auto-transcode I go to Manage Recordings -
> Upcoming Recordings - Show Name - Info - Post Recording Processing and it's
> set to "transcode new recordings" and "Transcode using 'Low Quality' (The
> same setting I used when I manually tested a transcode)
>
> I searched through a few of my mythbackend logs for anything mentioning
> transcoding and came up blank. Is there a global setting that I need to set
> that I'm just missing? Or something else I should be looking for?
>
>
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>
> Matt,
>
> Go to Utilities/Setup -> Setup -> TV Settings -> Recording Profiles
> Select MPEG2 recording profiles
> Go through each profile (Default, High Quality, Low Quality) and on the
> second screen where you set capture resolution, there is a checkbox called
> "allow shows to auto-transcode" or something of the sort.  Make sure that's
> checked for all your recording profiles.
>
> Brian


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