[mythtv-users] Reducing the resolution of HDTV recordings

[yan seiner]

Robert Tsai wrote:

>On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 09:26:05AM -0800, yan seiner wrote:
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>>Is there any way to reduce the resolution of HDTV recordings?  I am
>>curious if it can be done....  I have a small PC I've been using for
>>a frontend, and it has a non-upgradeable i810 chipset video....  It
>>will not handle the 1920x1080 resolution; the frontend segfaults.
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>Yes; I do this.
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>Mythtranscode can transcode the recordings in-place, so everything
>else remains the same (program information, etc.).
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>There is mythtranscode option to preserve the original recording, if
>you care about that.
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>Various other options exist to transcode+export recordings, but the
>result is not integrated with MythTV "TV recordings" (those tools are
>more targeted at export into MythVideo, or be burned to DVD).
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So there is currently no way to transcode for TV recordings?  Is there a 
way to use an external player?  Either one will do....

--Yan