[mythtv-users] How to raise priority of ticket 13459?

[John Pilkington]

On 11/11/2019 11:32, Stephen Worthington wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Nov 2019 10:03:46 +0000, you wrote:
> 
>> Stephen's suggestion to transcode seems appropriate, but I wonder if
>> it's necessary to jump through all the hoops that he suggests.  I just
>> googled 'mythtv wiki transcode stub' to find Raymond Wagner's script
>>from 1912 and others that use it.  But I never tried it myself.

It's old, but not that old.  2012.  My cutting scripts have needed 
updates since then, like clearing the 'mythical' bookmark and resetting 
the container type for DNLA playback, but those may not be needed here.
> 
> Yes, that transcode stub looks like it is an excellent base to work
> from.  Good find!  Although what is wanted here specifically is to not
> transcode at all (as that always loses quality when you are working
> with lossy codecs).  All that is needed is to change the container
> format, just copying the existing streams from the NUV container to an
> MPEG2 container.
> 
> And going to a .mkv file extension is not a good idea, as there is a
> fair bit of code in and around MythTV that assumes that all recording
> files are going to be .nuv, .mpg or .ts file extensions.  It does not
> matter if the contents of the file are different from what is implied
> by the extension, but only those three extensions are supported for
> recording files.
> 
>> Or perhaps Frontend settings > Media settings > Videos settings
>> might allow another player to be used?  I doubt that all the usual
>> frontend goodies would be available, though.
> 
> No, those settings only apply to videos, not recordings.