[mythtv-users] Reducing the resolution of HDTV recordings

[Robert Tsai]

On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 01:06:06PM -0800, yan seiner wrote:
> Robert Tsai wrote:
> >On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 09:26:05AM -0800, yan seiner wrote:
> >>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.
> >
> >Yes; I do this.
> >
> >Mythtranscode can transcode the recordings in-place, so everything
> >else remains the same (program information, etc.).
> >
> >There is mythtranscode option to preserve the original recording,
> >if you care about that.
> >
> >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).
>
> So there is currently no way to transcode for TV recordings?  Is
> there a way to use an external player?  Either one will do....

What do you mean? I use mythtranscode to reduce the resolution of my
recordings of broadcast HDTV.

--Rob
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