[mythtv-users] Transcoding Advice

[Doug Haber]

On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Doug Haber <doug at fawnanddoug.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I record some cartoons for my son that he watches on a laptop over a
> wireless connection.  The recordings (from an HDPVR) are 1920x1080
> with 5.1 channel sound and clock in ~2GB per half hour.  This doesn't
> fly over our wireless network and I'd like to trim them down.  I've
> tried mythtranscode,  which gets them to a workable 300MB, however,
> they lose all audio.  In addition, I've read on this list suggestions
> to not use mythtranscode and to use something else.  I'm thinking
> mythffmpeg since it works on the command line and I can eventually set
> it up as a user job.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions on specific parameters to shrink
> these files down to ~300MB (and still be watchable)?
>
> Thanks!
> Doug
>
> p.s. I also tried nuvexport, but I'm not sure what codecs or settings to use
>

Thanks All!

Any advice on specific parameters for mythffmpeg?

Thanks again,
Doug