[mythtv-users] Share your transcode settings!

Tim Draper veehexx at gmail.com
Wed Jan 11 16:47:40 UTC 2012


On 11 January 2012 16:26, Josh Rosenberg <mythtv at desh.info> wrote:
> All,
>
> I'm still struggling a lot with setting up transcoding.  But rather
> than ask for specific help, I'm going to try a different approach.
>
> Those of you who do any sort of lossy or format-converting transcoding
> beyond just stripping commercials, share how you do it!  Built-in
> transcoding, a user job, or what?  If you use a script someone posted
> online, have you modified it?  If you use a standard utility like
> ffmpeg, or a script with multiple modes, what options do you call it
> with?  Also, how long does the conversion take and how well does it
> work for you (that is, how much space does it save and how is the
> quality impacted)?
>
> Bonus points for explaining why you chose what you chose, or what
> alternatives you've discarded along the way.
>
> Google searching for transcode help seems to mostly reveal people who
> are struggling, and I'd like to hear some examples from people who are
> succeeding!  Regardless of whether your use case exactly matches mine
> or not.
>
> Thanks!
>
i too am having issues with this.
i've found handbrake CLI and an mencode h.264 scripts - neither work.
mencode did work, now it seems broken and myth will error.
the handbrake task doesnt even start, as it just gets stuck in the list


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