[mythtv] Transcode problem?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 11/30/2007 10:33 AM, Harry Dellicker wrote:
> I'm new to the developers list but not new to myth which I have been 
> using for a couple of years.
>
> I am running (perhaps ill advisedly) the svn trunk code on my production 
> machine.
>
> I have noticed during the past month or so that transcoded files have 
> roughly doubled in size from what they used to be.  I have always run 
> transcode in the "Auto-detect" mode.  Files that used to average about 
> 0.75 GB / hour of regular definition TV now take up about 1.44 GB / hour.
>
> Has anyone else seen this?  Is it a bug or a design change?  Is there 
> any way to get back to the previous behavior?
>
> If I try to run transcode explicitly in "Medium" or "Low" mode it 
> immediately errors out.  It will only run in "Auto-detect" or "High."
>   

You should also sign up for the -commits list (which includes tickets),
where you would see things like:  http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/4240

It's a known issue that Janne has been looking into.  An official ticket
was created yesterday.  Thanks for the report, though.

Mike