[mythtv-users] Transcoding/editing recordings to 720p/AC3

[auric]

On Tue, 2009-09-01 at 04:31 +0000, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org
wrote:
> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:31:00 -0700
> From: "Bob Sully" <rcs at malibyte.net>
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Transcoding/editing recordings to 720p/AC3
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> Hi all -
> 
> I've been having problems trying to transcode recordings.

> (1) Regular Myth recordings.  Currently, I do NOT have auto-transcoding
> enabled, but I do have commflagging set.  I still have to edit and set up
> a precise cutlist - after which I wind up with an .mpg file (no longer
> .nuv).  Mythtranscode wants to do DVD-resolution and .ps files - neither
> of those are what I'm looking for.  Problem is, nothing else knows about
> the cutlist, so I have to do the same edits in avidemux - which does a
> great job with the video but b0rks the audio completely (for example, it
> usually cuts video correctly but doesn't always edit out the corresponding
> audio, so when I do get audio at all after the save, it's out of sync - or
> I get pops and hums, and that's all the sound I get).  I think I must have
> the wrong output settings (currently using x264/AC3/MKV - please tell me
> if these are wrong).  Can Mythnuv2mkv handle an .mpg with a cutlist as the
> input file?  If so, what are the command-line options I need to use?
> 
Mythnuv2mkv will always use the cutlist if it exists, so no options
required.
It may not (probably won't) retain the 5.1 audio. Mythnuv2mkv uses
mythtranscode to get the video/audio and this currently always selects
the first audio track. So if first track is the 2 channel track then
output only 2 channel.
> Can anyone please enlighten me/send me a pointer?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> Bob

Auric