[mythtv-users] MPEG2 -> MPEG2 Transcoding

[Paul Harrison]

Preston Crow wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 09:36 -0500, Mark A. Hoover wrote:
>   
>> I've recoded some shows using a PVR-500 card that encodes to MPEG2 format. 
>> I've found that if I turn on the Lossless Transcoding toggle, that I can 
>> keep them in MPEG2 format and strip out the commercials.  However, I've 
>> been told that the resulting file can potentially have video/audio sync problems.
>>
>> Is this true?  And if so, is there a way to transcode the entire file and 
>> not just around the cut points?
>>     
>
> False.
>
> At least for me, I've found lossless MPEG2->MPEG2 transcoding to be
> perfect.
>
> I use it on my PVR recordings and my HDTV recordings all the time.
> Well, actually, I go through and do it every time we start getting low
> on space.
>
>
>   
Preston, how about you, after you have used the lossless MPEG2->MPEG2 
transcoding are you then doing anything else to the files that require 
them to be de-multiplexed like burning them to DVD?

Paul H.