[mythtv-users] choosing an archive format for recordings

[Alexander Varakin]

>> Why do you struggle with Avidemux?
>> There is much easier way:
>> 1. run commflag
>> 2. in "watch recordings", press E then Z
>> 3. review and change, if needed,  commflag's marks
>> 4. run nuvexport, encode into DVD or whatever you like
>> 5. Put encoded file into directory of MythVideo or burn it on DVD
>>
>>
>     A couple of reasons, really.  The most important is that my mythtv 
> box is very inaccessible.  It's basically a settop-box, no monitor 
> except for the TV, no LAN, no wireless, just a keyboard that I have to 
> sit on the floor and use looking at the TV.  Because of that, it's

Well, I guess you have to connect it to LAN ;-)

>     The third reason is processing power.  At school I've got my main 
> machine (dual athlon 2400) and a dual Xeon 2.4 GHz accessible.  Each 
> CPU can process video the way I want at approximately 4hr/hr.  Running 
> 4 of them at once, I can do 1hr/hr.  If I were to do that one the 
> mythtv box (dual PIII 1GHz), it would take 8-10hr/hr and probably 
> never finish before another show needed transcoding.
>
Hmm, this is strange. I am encoding 720x480 into mpeg2 on XP 2000+  1CPU 
and it takes 2hr/hr. I am am encoding deinterlaced video using "-I 0" of 
mpeg2enc though, so it is faster.

>     Another reason is that I do not like perl.  It seems to never 
> install correctly, always break with new versions, and the code reads 
> like line noise.
>
Same here...