[mythtv-users] mythtv-users Digest, Vol 108, Issue 13

[James Linder]

On 06/03/2012, at 3:10 AM, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:

>>    I thought I was a real dawk doing it this way ... maybe not
>>    This works well and reliably ...
>> 
>>    Create your cut list
>>    Archive->Make DVD [c] use cut list
>> 
>>    Watch ....mytharchive/work/1/newfile.mpg
>> 
>>    When it stops growing save it
>> 
>>    I then edit with avidemux to index it, but there are other tools too
>> 
>>    James
>> 
>> 
>> I was trying to do this over the weekend and was surprised that you
>> could only use cutlists when archiving to disc and not to file.  Your
>> workaround would do the trick though, will give it a try.
>> 
>> Martin
> 
> IIRC MythArchive won't go through an mp4 intermediate for all input file 
> types.  Certainly the patched version that I use (based on 0.24-fixes, 
> dvb-t) doesn't. Maybe there's a setting I've forgotten about.
> 
> What's the source of your recordings, and Myth version?
> 
> And creating an 'archive' is intended for later reimport.  IIRC  it just 
> dumps the files and metadata without transcoding.

mythbackend version: branches/release-0-24-fixes [27420]
source is recorded programs
The [c]utlist bit is key, that's what causes transcoding
James