[mythtv-users] Why don't my shows transcode when they record?

Allen Edwards allen.p.edwards at gmail.com
Mon Jan 26 16:57:55 UTC 2009


I have a show set up to transcode when it is recorded per all the
documentation I could find but it doesn't do it.  If I specifically
hit transcode after it is recorded it goes from 3.6G to 425M so there
is a big savings for the 20 shows I save of this show.  Now, today
that would be only $6 in storage but I don't want to change the
system, and I have over 1T of storage.  But I know if I don't try and
conserve disk space every where I can, I will run out.

So, I have a profile that I modified and it works called Low Quality.
Here is what I set up:

Recording Profile: Low Quality
Transcoder: Low Quality
Auto-transcode: checked
Auto-flag commercials: checked

When I manually transcode a show, by clicking on transcode in mythweb,
it works and does not eliminate commercials, which is the way I want
it.  I don't want to accidently eliminate the commercials in setting
myth up to automatically transcode these shows upon recording.

So, what am I doing wrong?

Allen


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