[mythtv] ffmpeg and mythtranscode

[Craig Treleaven]

> On Dec 5, 2017, at 12:13 PM, Stuart Auchterlonie <stuarta at squashedfrog.net> wrote:
> 
> On 04/12/17 21:06, Peter Bennett wrote:
>> In my project of updating the deprecated ffmpeg calls, I got to
>> "avcodec_encode_video2", which is the function that passes frames to
>> ffmpeg for encoding. It is replaced by avcodec_send_frame and
>> avcodec_receive_packet.
>> 
>> It seems the main use of video encoding is for mythtranscode. It is also
>> used for nuppelvideo recording.
> 
> That used to be true many years ago.
> 
> These days I would say that the primary use for transcoding is
> "lossless" transcoding to remove commercials.
> 
> That way the actual encoding of the file isn't changed, just the
> extra junk is removed.
> 
> Having said that, however, it currently only works for mpeg2
> content, as nobody has ever got around to implementing it for
> h264 or other newer container formats.
> 
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What about transcoding to wireless-friendly formats?  I think that if Myth is to have a future, it needs to work with whatever device the user wants.  Phone, tablet, laptop, or something else (watch?).  

Right now, HLS transcoding is pretty rough but sort of works.  

Craig
(My 2 cents but I’m not the one to develop the code.)