[mythtv-users] Downscale HD recordings with ffmpeg

[Philippe Van Der Gucht]

kanetse at gmail.com wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 5:40 PM, belcampo <belcampo at zonnet.nl> wrote:
>> I've once had this too, but current ffmpeg SVN does it right, at least for
>> me. I use version:
>> FFmpeg version SVN-r17735, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
>>  configuration: --prefix=/usr --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --enable-gpl
>> --enable-libfaac --enable-libmp3lame --enable-pthreads --disable-ffserver
>> --enable-libfaad --enable-ffplay --disable-vhook
>>  libavutil     49.15. 0 / 49.15. 0
>>  libavcodec    52.20. 0 / 52.20. 0
>>  libavformat   52.31. 0 / 52.31. 0
>>  libavdevice   52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
>>  built on Mar  2 2009 19:12:25, gcc: 4.2.2 20071128 (prerelease)
>> (4.2.2-3.1mdv2008.0)
>>
> 
> I tried to compile it from SVN on Mythbuntu, following the
> instructions here:
> http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?p=4234345#post4234345 but
> it seems to segfault immediately upon starting encoding.

I followed these instructions which worked for me:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=786095

My report:
http://www.spiff.be/node/304

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