[mythtv-users] Transcoding and deinterlacing, and other transcode issues

[Robert Tsai]

On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 04:42:47PM -0700, Brad Templeton wrote:
> b) Due to the presence of transcode problems -- be they audio sync
> or getting the wrong transcode, a "keep the old copy around" mode
> might be handy.   To do that, I would create a new recorded entry
> for the old copy, with an autoexpire value that's very high (making
> it the first thing to autoexpire if needed) and perhaps rewrite the
> description or some other flag on it.   Makes it easier to retry
> transocde experiments too.

I would guess that this is probably already possible today with user
jobs. Not easy, but possible.

> c) As you probably know, deinterlacing and transcoding movies is
> special because you want to do reverse telecine.  The movies are
> really at 24fps and ideally you want something like a 24fps 720p
> file out of them if your TV is 720p.  Any thoughts here?
> 
> Adding extra profiles seems a must with HDTV.

Is it? I've been recording HDTV for over a year and don't feel like
I'm missing anything.

--Rob