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class=532190905-23072007>Dave,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=532190905-23072007>I'd recommend Nuvexport with the mencoder option (run:
nuvexport --mencoder). I currently "transcode" episodes of The Simpsons down to
around 150MB each at very great quality. Nuvexport will also get rid of the
commercials. Also, since it runs outside of mythtv (for now), but since it reads
the mythtv database, you can select the shows you want to transcode, and still
have the originals untouched in your mythtv recordings section. nuvexport can
transcode to ipod formats (run it without mencoder) as well. Just save the
transcodes to your videos folder and play them from there.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=532190905-23072007>That's my two cents</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=532190905-23072007>-Steve</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>David Frascone<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 22, 2007 8:15
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Discussion about mythtv<BR><B>Subject:</B> [mythtv-users]
Transcoding questions<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><BR>I'm finally getting comfortable
with some of the normal features of mythtv. I have mythgame,
mytharchive, videos, etc working. I even have XM radio streaming
nicely.<BR><BR>So, it's time to try something new: transcoding.
<BR><BR>I have several things I want to do with transcoding, and I'd like
pointers (if possible) on the best way to do them:<BR><BR>1) One of my
recording groups is for my kid's stuff. I'd like to transcode their
programs down to save space (and, obviously, lose some quality). My
questions are: <BR> a) Are there any transcoding
optimizations that work better with animation?<BR> b)
What's the best way to have only their programs
transcoded?<BR> c) How should I set the transcoding
options to do things best? <BR><BR>2) I'd like to transcode some programs to a
format more suitable for playback on a pocketpc or on an ipod. Is there
a way to mark particular episodes to be transcoded into that format, but
placed somewhere in another directory, so i can install those versions on my
phone and/or ipod? I wouldn't want the originals messed up -- in case I
decide to watch them on TV instead. <BR><BR>3) And, finally, what about
archival? Is there any way to do a high-quality compression of stuff I'd
like to keep? So, lossless as possible, but compress the hell out of
something? And, in this situation too, I'd prefer if the destination
recordings was somewhere else, so that the originals stayed until manually
deleted, while I archive the compressed versions. <BR><BR>I'm sure most of
these are RTFM's, so, don't hesitate to point me at the right 'M'
:)<BR><BR>Thanks in advance,<BR><BR><BR>-Dave<BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>David
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