[mythtv-users] video and container woes

[John Pilkington]

On 22/11/17 09:40, James Linder wrote:
> G’day all
> 
> any opinions, guides or help appreciated lots.
> 
> My Samsung TV chokes on myth’s upnp offerings. (It did not used to (cica 0.26) and it will play the file from local media).
> 
> For many recordings my mythtranscode script works:
> #!/bin/bash
> if [ $# != 2 ]; then
>    echo usage $0 infile outfile
>    echo usually infile would be something like /store/1801_20150816123600.ts
>    echo usually outfile would be something like /store/Movies/SomethingAboutMary.mpg
>    exit
> fi
> mythtranscode -i $1 -o $2 --honorcutlist --showprogress -m
> mythutil —scanvideos
> 
> For this recording it changes the 16:9 to 4:3.
> So I tried to be creative
> 
> ffmpeg -i /store/1017_20171001114200.ts /store/Movies/DM8x01.avi

If the aspect ratio is the only problem with mythtranscode you might try 
(I haven't)

mythffmpeg -i /store/1017_20171001114200.ts -acodec copy -vcodec copy 
-aspect 16:9 /store/Movies/DM8x01.mpg  (or .avi ?)

or you could try playing the output from mythlink as a video.  It looks 
as if the .avi default settings are for an early phone.
> 
> Samsung can see and play the upnp offering BUT the bit rate on original is 3500kB/s on the new file is 450kB/s. It looks terrible.
> running mythtranscode with —width and/or —height again makes unplayable files.
> 
> Short of shuffling around a memstick (which plays the original ts in high quality) anybody … please …
> 
> James
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