[mythtv-users] OT: anyone using any2dvd??

[Brian Wood]

On Saturday 20 February 2010 09:41:58 am Harry Devine wrote:

> I'm quite sure I'M the one confused! LOL!  I setup all of my recordings
> via Mythweb, and I always use the "Default" profile under Recording
> Profile.  That profile is set to RTjpeg for the video codec and MP3 for
> the audio codec.  Should RTjpeg NOT be used?  I've never changed any of
> those.  This is all under "Software Encoders (v4l based).
> 
> Can I assume that since the HDHR and HD-PVR recordings seem to be MPeg
> file that they use a different codec/encoder that keeps them as mpgs?
> I'm sort of thinking that this is most likely my issue.  If it is, how
> can I convert my recordings that I want to archive over from nuv to mpg?

Ahh, so you are using software encoding, now I understand.

Whether you use PT-JPEG or MPEG4 I think you still wind up with a nuppel 
container, only the codec changes.

With an HDHR the encoding is determined by the original transmitting station 
or network, with the HD-PVR it's determined by the encoder chip in the device 
(h164). 

I'd expect you would be able to transcode from the nuppel container and RT-
JPEG codec to whatever you want using mencoder. I'd also expect that devede 
could manage it, though I am not certain about that. Give it a try and see 
what happens.