[mythtv-users] mpeg decoder for mythcommflag

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Mon Dec 10 16:40:52 UTC 2007


On 12/10/2007 08:55 AM, Ken Mandelberg wrote:
> There is a choice of decoder for playback, Can a choice be made for 
> mythcommflag?

TTBOMK, only by changing the code.  Generally, though, you shouldn't
need to change the decoder.  Note, also, that the message, "libmpeg2
will use mpeg2 library; this is faster on some AMD processors" doesn't
give the full story--i.e. but doesn't work as well as standard.  And,
TTBOMK, the XvMC options and the Mac hardware option are only usable
when actually displaying the video.

So, in other words, the real question is why would you want to change
the decoder?  What issue are you trying to solve?  If the issue you're
having is that mythcommflag is unable to rebuild the seektable in some
(all?) of your recordings, use mythtranscode --buildindex, instead. 
Many examples exist in the archives, so look them up to see the right
arguments to use.

Mike


More information about the mythtv-users mailing list