[mythtv-users] transcoding and mythburn confusion

[David Asher]

Is this new version available somewhere for beta (alpha?) testing?

I keep hearing about it, but never see a pointer for where to get it.  
the CVS at sourceforge is only the old one, correct?

David.

Paul Harrison wrote:
> David Whyte wrote:
>   
>> On 3/30/06, Christopher M. Jones <cjones at partialflow.com> wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> Help me fix the problem with mythburn
>>>
>>> I'm using MythTV 0.19
>>> Mythburn sources from cvs
>>> ProjectX 0.90.3.01/31.01.2006
>>>
>>>     
>>>       
>> Hey Chris,
>>
>> I think the problem may be that your transcoding the files to remove
>> the cut list.  When I tried mythburn, you let projectX do the cutting
>> for you, so don't involve the mythtranscoder at all.
>>
>> Chances are your transcoding from MPEG2 to an MPEG4-type file, which
>> ProjectX doesn't like.
>>
>> I don't like the current mythburn.  I know it is fast, but it seems to
>> introduce too many dependencies and too much pain.  I would prefer
>> (and have thought about doing) an implementation that uses the
>> nuvexport tool to do the cutting and transocding.  It may be slower,
>> but it at least allows me to create DVD compatible files from my
>> transcoded (i.e. MPEG4-ish) recordings.
>>
>> Anyways, I ramble....
>>
>> Whytey
>>
>>   
>>     
> There's a new version of  mythburn in development that will 
> automatically transcode any file that is not DVD compliant. We currently 
> use ffmpeg to do the transcode. We are also trying hard to keep the 
> number of dependencies to a minimum. The goal with Isaac's permission is 
> for it it to become part of the mythplugins package.
>
> Paul H.  
>
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