[mythtv-users] Recordings to DVD

[Greg]

On Thu, 2004-02-12 at 14:36, Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
> On Thursday 12 February 2004 08:58, J. Donavan Stanley wrote:
> > Greg wrote:
> > > J. Donavan Stanley wrote:
> > >> Greg wrote:
> > >>> J. Donavan Stanley wrote:
> > >>>> Thomas Börkel wrote:
> > >>>>> HI!
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> J. Donavan Stanley wrote:
> > >>>>>>> Is there some way to automatically master recordings (done in
> > >>>>>>> MPEG2) to DVD? Possibly with generated menus? I know, there
> > >>>>>>> is a plugin for VDR which does this, but I don't know about
> > >>>>>>> MythTV.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> I've been looking at doing it but have kind of put it on hold
> > >>>>>> till the MPEG2 to MPEG2 commercial cut code is up to snuff.  I
> > >>>>>> don't see much
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> What exactly is broken there? Is there a time frame when it
> > >>>>> will be fixed?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Video artifacts, and audio sync issues following cutpoints come
> > >>>> to mind.  I believe I saw that someone was working on it.  The
> > >>>> original author is pressed for time right now so if he has to
> > >>>> fix it it'll be months from now.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Personally, I'm less and less interested in archiving to video
> > >>>> DVDs and more interested in archiving MPEG4 content to backup
> > >>>> DVDs so I can fit several shows on one disk.
> > >>>
> > >>> Would be nice if transcoding mpeg2 converted it to a portable
> > >>> mpeg4, so that I could burning them on a CD/DVD if I decided to..
> > >>> Mind you I can do that manually, so I guess if I need to bad
> > >>> enough, just would be nice to have that built in...
> > >>
> > >> Myth has transcoded from MPEG2 to MPEG4 for quite some time now...
> > >> MPlayer seems to play them fine.
> > >
> > > I've know that Myth has be able to transcode from MPEG2 to MPEG4
> > > for a while now, but I am not able to play transcode files in
> > > Mplayer. This morning I attempted to play a transcode MPEG4 file in
> > > Mplayer and Xine to see if something changed, but I am still unable
> > > to play the file. I remember the patch for Mplayer that allow
> > > this.... If there is something I'm missing I'd sure like to know
> > > it.... =_)
> >
> > Odd, I tried the same experiment earlier and had no issues...
> 
> How are you transcoding the files?  Inside of Myth (i.e., auto-transcode 
> or press "X" during playback, using the transcoding profiles), or 
> outside of Myth (using nuvexport or transcode)?  AFAIK, if you want to 
> transcode to a portable/standard format, you need to use an external 
> tool like transcode (if your original recordings are HW-generated MPEG) 
> or nuvexport (for both HW- and SW-encoded Myth recordings).
> 
> -JAC

I'm transcoding within Myth. My original thought on how transcoding
works concurs  with your statement, that being; transcoding within Myth
creates a non portable MPEG4 file. To get a portable file, transcode the
MPEG2 files using other tools.. The transcoding that MythDVD uses to rip
a dvd is a port format is it not? If so it would be nice if Myth used
that method...

Greg