[mythtv-users] Auto Transcoding Not Working

[Jim Stichnoth]

On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 4:58 PM, bit maelstrom <dsblakewatson at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've got a MythTV system that I've been using in earnest for a few months
> (and just adding more and more disk space) and I thought I should transcode
> some of the files to save space.
> So I found a setting that's reasonable, and turned the option to
> auto-transcode on. But my stuff wasn't auto-transcoding. So, I sort of
> figured that the rules I set up before hand wouldn't have been affected by
> my change, so I went through and modified those old rules. Still no
> auto-transcoding.
> I've even set up new rules, and they say they're going to transcode in the
> post-recording processing section, but they're not. (How should this look,
> by the way? Do they end up with two queued jobs, one for commercial flagging
> and another for transcoding?)
> Thoughts?

Make sure the tuner has transcoding enabled.

For auto-transcoding, make sure you have the right transcoder profile
defined.  For example, I had to create 3 new profiles, called
“Autodetect from 1080i”, “Autodetect from 720p”, and “Autodetect from
480i”.  You can find this setup in Utilities / Setup > Setup > TV
Settings > Recording Profiles > Transcoders.  Check the backend logs
to see whether it is looking for a transcoder profile that doesn't
exist.

Jim