[mythtv-users] Mythtranscode stuff

[John Veness]

I don't know if you're still looking for answers on these... I'm using 
UK DVB-T (Freeview).

Damian wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I'm surprised how little information I can find on the net about 
> mythtranscoding, so I have a few questions here.
> 
> 1) Settings for SD recordings.
> Can anyone share their High, Medium and Low settings (both video and 
> audio) to point me in the right direction? I'm in the UK if that makes 
> any difference.

I don't use Medium or Low, but I have set High to do Lossless, so I can 
cut out adverts without reducing quality (although it does strip out DVB 
subtitles, which is annoying.

> 2) Lost audio
> On a couple of tests I've done, I've lost sound all together. I think 
> this was when I'd edited cut points as well as transcoding, but can't 
> confirm that. Any ideas how to avoid this? Otherwise there doesn't seem 
> to be any point in transcoding.

I've had this with DVB-T recordings, transcoded using lossless. When 
playing back the affected recording, press the menu and Select Audio 
Track and see if another track works. I haven't worked out why this 
sometimes happens.

> 3) Quiet, dull audio
> Hopefully looking at other people's settings can help this. I've read 
> about the issue when going from HD to SD (I think their problem was 5.1 
> audio going to stereo), but I don't think that's the problem I'm having 
> here.
> 
> 4) Location of the profiles to edit
> Just to confirm, I am editing the correct profiles aren't I? I'm 
> changing the settings of High, Medium and Low that are inside 
> Setup/Setup/TV Settings/ Recording Profiles/Transcoders. I ask because 
> at one point I renamed "High" to read "Lossless", but when I came to 
> select a transcoding option, it was still Default/Auto/High/Medium and 
> Low that were available.
> 
> 5) What's the difference between Default and Auto detect transcoding?
> 
> 6) I created a new recording profile (in Setup/Setup/TV Settings/ 
> Recording Profiles) by mistake. I guess it;s fairly innocent as I don't 
> think it's doing anything, but is there a way to delete it?

Try pressing D while it's highlighted. That deletes other things from 
similar lists.

> Excuse the list of questions. Looking forward to any responses.
> 
> Damian

Cheers,

John

-- 
John Veness, MythTV user, UK, DVB-T