[mythtv-users] Transcoding my recordings down to AVI (DIVX?) format?

[Bobby Gill]

> Why do you think you "should be converting" your recordings? Is your
> goal just to save some space? Or are you under the impression that it
> is necessary for some reason? Most people don't recommend transcoding
> everything. It generally a waste of energy and time, if you are just
> going to delete the recordings later. If you are interested in long
> term storage then it may be worth it.
>
> Why do you want to go with xvid and avi? Using h264 will give you
> higher quality at a given bitrate than xvid, and with VDPAU and other
> hardware acceleration coming available you don't need to worry about
> cpu, especially for SD recordings. Also MKV is quickly becoming a
> standard as far as containers go. It has a lot of advantages over AVI,
> is open source/spec, and is much more future proof.
>
> Having said that, I would look into Nuvexport and Mythnuv2mkv on the
> wiki. They both can be setup to run as a user job in mythtv.
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>

Excellent points Johnny, I certainly agree. First off, yeah mainly to save
space. I have a lot of shows like Daily Show, Colbert Report, Conan, etc.
that I have already edited down to certain bits or segments that I like to
keep and that are tough to find via torrent or whatnot, and I love having
those kind of things "archived" if you will. So that and space, really. I
really don't plan on deleting recordings, I am pretty doggone anal about
which to keep as it is and regularly manage them well enough to be sure not
to keep any I know I will delete later...

I didn't think of going with h264 because my recordings are all analog/2ch,
I suppose I just mentally defaulted to AVI for them. I actually do watch a
lot of HD stuff in MKV and it's kinda my "go-to" format as it is, so yeah, I
will check nuvexport and mythnuv2mkv. If they can be set up as a user job,
well hoo haa this should be pretty simple...

Thanks
Bob
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