[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] mythtv commit: r19392 - in trunk/mythtv by nigel

[Jeremy Palenchar]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-dev-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-dev-
> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Chris Pinkham
> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 5:33 PM
> To: Development of mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv] [mythtv-commits] mythtv commit: r19392 - in
> trunk/mythtv by nigel
> 
> * On Thu Dec 18, 2008 at 12:45:40PM +0100, Stuart Auchterlonie wrote:
> > Perhaps we should look into making the whole software encoder
> optional
> > with the proliferation of digital broadcasting?
> 
> Other than recording, the other use of NVR is mythtranscode.  With
> the proliferation of bigger hard drives, this is probably declining
> as well though.  That's one of the reasons I haven't been as
> motivated to finish working on my patch that enables use of any
> libavcodec codec and libavformat container inside NVR.  I am only
> one hard drive upgrade away from turning off all my auto-transcode
> jobs.  After that my main/only use of mythtranscode will be cutting
> commercials out of recordings that I want to keep such as the 200+
> cartoon episodes I keep around for my 2.5 year old.
> 
> Adding support in NVR for a different audio format in .nuv files is
> fairly easy.  As an early experiment for my patch, I hacked
> NVR to write out AC3 audio in the .nuv file.  The NuppelDecoder
> class supports .nuv files with AC3 audio because I switched
> NuppelDecoder from using lame to libavcodec for decoding a long
> time ago and added AC3 as a valid audio format.
> 
> --
> Chris


I still think MythTranscode is very valuable for folks who want to watch
their content on mobile devices.

I have been reading that the Myth2iPod functions have been moved to
MythArchive. Is that the future home of for content transcoding targeting
other devices?


-Jeremy