[mythtv-users] User Job fails.

[A. F. Cano]

On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 11:24:53AM +0100, Hika van den Hoven wrote:
> Hoi Hika,
> 
> Thursday, January 14, 2016, 11:16:47 AM, you wrote:
> 
> ...
> > If you want the SD variant in your recordings, adapt it like this:
> 
> > #!/usr/bin/bash
> > mv ${1}.mpg ${1}HD.mpg
> > exec nice -n 20 mythffmpeg -i ${1}HD.mpg -target ntsc-dvd ${1}.mpg
> 
> > And then if you want to throw away the SD variant and put the HD back
> > in place:
> 
> > #!/usr/bin/bash
> > rm ${1}.mpg
> > mv ${1}HD.mpg ${1}.mpg
> 
> of course you can also look into the default transcode options. It has

I (the original poster) tried that first.  The "transcode low"
option ended up creating a file that was about the same size as the
original but fuzzier.   The low-powered computer couldn't display it
properly, just like the HD versions.  This was strange to me.  Apparently,
the "transcode low" option alters how the video looks (much fuzzier)
but as the size remained the same it appears that the resolution hasn't
changed.  This seems to be confirmed by the fact that the low powered
computer has just as juch trouble keeping up while displaying it as it
does with the HD versions.  The *SD files that result from the
mythffmpeg commands are much smaller and display without hiccups with
much less cpu usage on the low-powered computer.

> a checkbox to keep the old file and you could at the same time
> process a cut list.
> And then if you want to put the old file back, run a script like the
> above.
> I also forgot that you should add a rebuild of the seek-tables in both
> cases!
> 
> Tot mails,
>   Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com