[mythtv-users] Can mythtv transcode on the fly (as a media server)?

[Eyal Lebedinsky]

On 06/29/14 18:51, Karl Dietz wrote:
> On 29.06.2014 09:01, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote:
>> I want to use a FE that does not play mpg, but accepts the standard
>> transcoded stream
>> (mp4 in nuv). I do not want to permanently transcode the recordings and
>> the BE is
>> capable of fast transcoding.
>
> That does not make sense. Some more details may help others help you :)
> It sounds as if your frontend can play MPEG-4 ASP (DivX) but not MPEG-2 video at the same resolution?
> Are you converting HD MPEG-2 to SD MPEG-4 ASP?
> Is that frontend connected via a slow WiFi and the reduced bandwidth requirements make it work?
> Are you using hardware or software video decoding? (and what deinterlacer)
>
> Regards,
> Karl

I am testing a raspi which does not include support for hardware mpeg. The CPU is too
weak for software decoding. I want to transcode to something it can play (yet to be
discovered).

cheers

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Eyal Lebedinsky (eyal at eyal.emu.id.au)