[mythtv] Multi-pass encoding (was: [PATCH] Add new MPEG4 encoding options)

[Cedar McKay]

> .  That means it'll take ~6 times longer to encode a
> movie than to record it, assuming we are still recording.  So if I want
> to encode a marathon on TNT,I better have a LOT of disk space on hand.
>

perhaps you could designate an amount of space (and location) to devote 
to stage 1 recordings similar to how you designate your live tv buffer 
now. Then when that space is full (in the case of your TNT marathon) it 
could fall back to encoding in one pass similar to how it works right 
now.


cedar