[mythtv-users] mythtranscode drop-in replacement

[Tom Sparks]

--- On Tue, 25/5/10, Chris Pinkham <cpinkham at bc2va.org> wrote:

> From: Chris Pinkham <cpinkham at bc2va.org>
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] mythtranscode drop-in replacement
> To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Received: Tuesday, 25 May, 2010, 11:43 AM
> * On Mon May 24, 2010 at 09:23:04PM
> -0400, Raymond Wagner wrote:
> > On 5/24/2010 21:17, Tom Sparks wrote:
> > >I am looking for a drop-in replacement that can
> update the database?
> 
> > Write your own.  Just add a simple wrapper script
> around an existing 
> > transcoding program, and include a couple lines using
> the perl/python 
> > bindings to update the database as to the new location
> of the file 
> > (preferably the same as the old location, but maybe
> with a different 
> > extension).
> 
> This is exactly why I made the commercial flagging and
> transcoding
> commands user-editable in the JobQueue.  I hoped
> someone would do
> something like this.  I've debated doing it myself to
> use HandbrakeCLI
> for the things I do transcode down, but have never got
> around to it.
I cant program in perl/python, but I can program in php

is it the record table (http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Recorded_table) where I update the filesize?

tom sparks