[mythtv-users] MKV x264 downsample help needed

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Nov 22, 2008, at 3:14 PM, Peter Loron wrote:

> I have some HD x264 video files in MKV format. I would like to be able
> to watch them on my Apple TV (running Mythbuntu), but trying to play
> them with Myth or with xine at the console, there are just too many
> dropped frames.
>
> Sooo, unless somebody has a magic bullet, I think I need to downsample
> or transcode to some combination of resolution and format that are
> less CPU intensive.
>
> Can somebody suggest a good tool/faq to use for that processing? I
> would prefer free and Linux-based, but I have a Mac and can run
> Windows in a pinch.

ffmpeg

I record in h264 and transcode to a smaller size for my iPhone. I use  
a script which ultimately issues an ffmpeg command to do it:
http://wiki.1.jeffornot.com:8000/index.php/Video2ipod