[mythtv-users] how to select transcoding profiles?

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Sep 1, 2008, at 1:46 PM, Daniel Carter wrote:

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>
> 2008/9/1 Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>
> On 08/31/2008 07:18 PM, Daniel Carter wrote:
> > Seems it's a bug in myth that any new transcode profiles are  
> available
> > for automatic transcode, but the manual transcode from the frontend
> > only allows you to select the fixed list of profiles myth ships with
> > as default.
>
> Unimplemented features do not constitute a bug.
>
> :)
>
> It might not be a coding bug but it is certainly a usability bug if  
> the system has a feature to setup custom transcoding profiles, but  
> then does not let you select them when transcoding.  Much time was  
> wasted thinking... maybe it only loads the list of transcode  
> profiles at startup and i need to restart the front-end, nope. Maybe  
> it loads the the list from the backend and i need to restart the  
> backend, nope. Maybe there's another list of profiles maintained  
> somewhere else in the settings and i just need to dig around, nope.  
> Maybe in the playback profiles there is a setting to select the  
> transcode profiles you want to make available in a playback group,  
> nope etc etc
>
> Just another one of those features in myth that always seems far  
> more complicated to setup than should be necessary.  Nevermind,  
> can't beat the price! And it's a minor point;  i have just set the  
> default profile to the settings i want, will transcode the programs  
> i want at this setting, and then set the profile back.

It's considered an enhancement which, while nice to have, will not be  
accepted as a bug unless someone does the work to submit a patch that  
implements the new feature.

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