[mythtv-users] Converting shows to PDA suitable format

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Scott Alfter wrote:

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>
>Try mencoder with a command line something like this:
>
>mencoder -o foo.avi \
>         -ovc lavc \
>         -lavcopts vcodec=msmpeg4v2:vbitrate=256 \
>         -vop scale=240:180 \
>         -srate 32000 \
>         -oac mp3lame \
>         -lameopts cbr:br=32:mode=3 \
>         foo.nuv
>  
>

Hmmm, mine complains mplayer was compiled without libmp3lame support. :-(



>This plays in Windows Media Player with the stock codecs and should be of
>sufficient quality for handheld viewing.  (I was using it to watch stuff on
>my notebook while on the road last summer; the low bitrate made shows
>downloadable in a reasonable amount of time.)  I'd think that something that
>plays DivX could play this too.  I'd try it on my Tungsten T just to make
>sure, but it seems to have gone into hiding. :-(
>
>Encoding one hour of video this way takes 11-12 minutes on an Athlon XP
>3000+.  Your Celery is going to be slower, but I'd think it would still be
>nowhere near 12+ hours.  You'll probably get somewhere around one hour, or
>maybe a little longer, for one hour of video.
>  
>

Luckily I can do it on my 2.2GHz Sempron instead I have realised (using 
nfs drives to access the file)