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From: "Jeremy Jones" <<a href="mailto:jjones@almonassociates.com">jjones@almonassociates.com</a>><br>
Date: Jun 30, 2011 8:33 PM<br>
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Transcode in place to MPEG-2 (PS)?<br>
To: "Discussion about MythTV" <<a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a>><br></p>
<p>On Jun 30, 2011 8:06 AM, "Richard Shaw" <<a href="mailto:hobbes1069@gmail.com">hobbes1069@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 9:23 PM, Jeremy Jones<br>
> <<a href="mailto:jeremy.dwain.jones@gmail.com">jeremy.dwain.jones@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > Upon further look at this it looks like the --mpeg2 option will not<br>
> > allow for resizing the video. My original recordings are mostly HD and<br>
> > like I said in the original post, I need them to be SD for compatibility<br>
> > with a network player.<br>
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> Woops, I missed that part, sorry...<br>
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> > Will I mess anything up by just transcoding with an external script<br>
> > using ffmpeg and replacing the original file with the transcoded one<br>
> > (same name so myth still finds it)? If I do that, then is there<br>
> > information in the database that will have to be updated with the new<br>
> > filesize and video size? Will myth do that automatically? Do I need to<br>
> > execute a command initiate that?<br>
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> I found this page[1] which may help. It shows as way to setup custom<br>
> transcoding profiles with resizing. It's for an older version of<br>
> MythTV but probably still relevant:<br>
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> Richard<br>
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> [1] <a href="http://tips.myhdbox.com/2006/05/tip-4-transcode-profiles-for-hdtv.php">http://tips.myhdbox.com/2006/05/tip-4-transcode-profiles-for-hdtv.php</a></p>
<p>Thanks. I'll check that out.</p>
<p>By the way, I think I have this working using the transcoder stub wrapper by Mr. Wagner as a starting point. I'll be happy to share my customized version once I have tested it. (If anyone is interested.) </p>
<p>Jeremy <br>
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