[mythtv-users] auto transcoding *some* recordings

[Robert Tsai]

On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 09:16:49PM -0400, Jeff Simpson wrote:
> > > Under the recording profile "transcoder", there are more options
> > > for transcoding, it seems. Can somebody point me at the part I'm
> > > missing? I'm sure it's something simple, probably just in how
> > > I'm reading all this
> > 
> > The "automatically transcode" will pick the transcoder based on
> > how your recording was captured. In your case, since everything is
> > getting captured and encoded to MPEG-2, you will be using the
> > "From MPEG-2" transcoder.
> 
> Oh, I see - there's no way to pick what type of transcoding to do?

Well, that is where you configure the transcoder. If you go into the
"From MPEG-2" transcoder, you get some more choices about codec,
bitrate, etc.

> If this is the case, does that mean that I have to assign one of
> (Default, High Quality, Low Quality, Live TV) to be the automatic
> transcode case?

Well, you could assign *two* of them ...

> There's no way to assign that trait to a recording group?

Currently, no.

> Should I not be adding a Profile Group at all, if that is the case?

I don't know what adding "Profile Groups" is for; I've always thought
that you get one group per capture card. But I don't know for sure,
because I only have one kind of capture card (HD-3000).

--Rob
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