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

[Nick Rout]

On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 9:00 PM, Eyal Lebedinsky <eyal at eyal.emu.id.au> wrote:
>
>
> 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.

Yes it dos, you have to buy the codec. It is cheap.

>The
> CPU is too
> weak for software decoding. I want to transcode to something it can play
> (yet to be
> discovered).
>
> cheers
>
> --
> Eyal Lebedinsky (eyal at eyal.emu.id.au)
>
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