[mythtv-users] Auto-transcode not working

Robert Tsai mythtv at tsaiberspace.net
Thu Jul 6 13:20:58 UTC 2006


On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 05:55:51PM +1000, Andy Foster wrote:
> On 6/9/06, Michael Lynch <lynchmv at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > /me slaps self
> >
> > Doh!  OK, make sure to check the box 'Enable auto-transcoding...' from
> > the recording profiles.
> 
> Hey michael,
> 
> Would it be possible to jot down quickly EXACTLY what you did to
> enable auto-transcoding, if you can remember? I have recently
> rebuilt my database after mysql turfed and while auto-transcoding
> was working originally, it isn't now and for the life of me I can't
> figure out why.

Also, in TFM:

http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-12.html#ss12.4

> My current settings are: Setup -> TV Settings -> Recording Profiles
> -> Hardware DVB Encoders -> Default Enabled 'auto-trancode new
> recordings'
> 
> Setup -> TV Settings -> Recording Profiles -> Transcoders ->
> Autodetect from MPEG2 -- has been set to what I want
> 
> Setup -> TV Settings -> General -> Page 3 -> Default Transcoder  is
> set to Autodetect.
> 
> Now, I've noticed that the record.transcoder field is '0' for my
> recordings, which doesn't map to any recordingprofiles.id. I assume
> 0 is a special field to indicate Autodetect? When scheduling a
> recording if I set it to explicitly refer use a profile, the
> record.transcoder field is set appropriatelly (correspondings to
> something in recordingprofiles.id). However, the recording still
> does not transcode.

--Rob


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