[mythtv-users] Why don't my shows transcode when they record?

Brad DerManouelian myth at dermanouelian.com
Mon Jan 26 17:03:15 UTC 2009


On Jan 26, 2009, at 8:57 AM, Allen Edwards wrote:

> I have a show set up to transcode when it is recorded per all the
> documentation I could find but it doesn't do it.  If I specifically
> hit transcode after it is recorded it goes from 3.6G to 425M so there
> is a big savings for the 20 shows I save of this show.  Now, today
> that would be only $6 in storage but I don't want to change the
> system, and I have over 1T of storage.  But I know if I don't try and
> conserve disk space every where I can, I will run out.
>
> So, I have a profile that I modified and it works called Low Quality.
> Here is what I set up:
>
> Recording Profile: Low Quality
> Transcoder: Low Quality
> Auto-transcode: checked
> Auto-flag commercials: checked
>
> When I manually transcode a show, by clicking on transcode in mythweb,
> it works and does not eliminate commercials, which is the way I want
> it.  I don't want to accidently eliminate the commercials in setting
> myth up to automatically transcode these shows upon recording.
>
> So, what am I doing wrong?

Your recording profile also has to be set up to allow auto-transcoding.

-Brad



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