[mythtv-users] Preview image is only 1 pixel

John Finlay finlay at moeraki.com
Wed Jan 14 21:11:53 UTC 2009


Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 01/14/2009 04:15 AM, John Finlay wrote:
>   
>> I found a thread in the ubuntu forums that discusses the same problem I 
>> have - unusable 1x1 pixel preview image created for RTjpeg NUV files but 
>> usaable preview image after transcoding to MPEG4 NUV file.
>>
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-954500.html
>>     
>
> If you're able to track down the bug, we'd love a patch.  Not too many 
> people are using RTJPEG/NUV these days, so it's been very low priority.
>   
It's surprising that it is the default encoding in the recording 
profiles. I only recently started recording analog so haven't checked 
all the nooks and crannies yet. Does MPEG4 require a lot more processing 
power from a software encoder? I don't want to overload my BE.

John


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