[mythtv-users] Transcoding to h.264 while staying in Myth?

[Robert Houghton]

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Andrew Bernat <abernat at zathras.net> wrote:

> Is there a good mechanism in MythTV to transcode recorded MPEG-2 files to
> h.264 while keeping them "in" MythTV?
>
> As background, I am playing around with running XBMC on my iPad as an
> alternative Myth frontend. I've got XBMC set up and talking to my server
> just fine, but the recordings play back really choppily. This is undoubtedly
> due to the recordings being in MPEG-2 (from a OTA HDTV recording card) and
> the iPad not having hardware acceleration.
>
> I've seen several transcoding threads, but they were all focused on
> exporting Myth recordings for use outside of the Myth system - such as
> podcasts, etc. I'd like the recordings to stay "in" Myth and be useable from
> other myth frontends.
>
> Thanks!
> Drew Bernat
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My transcoder keeps things playable in mythfrontend and also usable as
exports to other players.
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/High_Quality_Transcode
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