[mythtv-users] NuppelVideo container format

[Michael T. Dean]

Brian Edmonds wrote:

>On 11/27/05, Tom Lichti <tom at redpepperracing.com> wrote:
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>>Depends on the driver for this imaginary PVR card. I don't know of any
>>that will record to DivX directly.
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>The Plextor ConvertX does DivX in hardware.  Unfortunately MythTV only
>supports it in MPEG4 mode.
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Although, since DivX uses MPEG-4 Part 2 compression (specifically the 
Advanced Simple Profile), it's probably not that different from what the 
ConvertX gives in "MPEG-4" mode.  Of course, since Plextor doesn't 
provide any info about what "MPEG-4" mode means, I'm just guessing here...

Now, it is possible that the DivX output is actually using the DivX 6.0 
"DivX Media Format" as a container, which would make it very different 
from video using the MPEG-4 File Format container, but if that's the 
only difference, you've nothing to worry about.  The "DivX Media Format" 
is no more desirable than MPEG-4 File Format for Myth.  It's not like 
you'd be able to (or need to) use the interactive video menus, chapter 
points, or metadata in Myth, anyway.

Mike