[mythtv-users] Separate "clean" / "dirty" outputs?

[Jay Ashworth]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christopher Peters" <cpeters at ucmo.edu>

> >>> Jay Ashworth <jra at baylink.com> 12/12/2011 7:13 PM >>>
> > I am looking for functionality more like a studio monito
> 
> "If you're trying to make it a digital VTR, though, there are other,
> probably easier routes to take. mplayer2 is remote controllable, and
> *much* lighter in weight."
> 
> Does mplayer2 give me frame-by-frame rewind? Reading the FAQ on
> mplayerhq.hu, it seems like it doesn't.

mplayer2 is a fork, but I don't know that it does manual frame step.

> "Or you could build something that does exactly what you need over
> gstreamer, as I was looking at at my previous employer's."
> 
> This would probably be the best solution, but I think building
> something via gstreamer would take longer than adapting something
> already in the field, don't you?

Depends on what you're trying to optimize for; bidirectional varispeed 
scrub was exactly the thing I was looking for as well, and it's apparently
pretty difficult to do well and generally with MPEG source material.

If the added overhead of Myth to get that is tolerable for you, then...

Cheers,
-- jra
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