[mythtv-users] recordinng profile based on channel

[Daniel Frey]

On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Larry Roberts <mythtv at american-hero.com>wrote:

> hello Again,
>
> Now that I have successfully migrated from a PVR-350 to HDHomeRun and
> added in some HD channels I want to make sure that I'm transcoding them
> properly.
>
> What I would like to do if possible is setup a rule that says "if recorded
> on a HD channel then do a HD transcode, otherwise do a standard transcode".
>
> I realize I have two issues, first is how do I setup the system to prefer
> HD over none HD, second is how do I autoselect the transcode method.
>
> I'm curious what others do to handle this situation.
>
> My thoughts are that the HD version of my channel should have all the same
> shows as the SD version so I could just set the sytem to record on the HD
> channel and set it to do HD transcode but I dont know if they are always
> the same shows.
>
> Love to hear how people handle this.  I'm just now starting to dive into
> the HD recording portion to make sure I have that all squared away so would
> love to hear any pointers or thoughts on this as well.
>
> As a side note, the setup of mythtv and HDHR was SOOOOOO much easier than
> my old PVR-350 box with IRblasters and such.  I just keep thinking
> something must be missing as it cant be this easy.
>
> Thanks
>
> Larry
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Larry,

Are you just watching these recordings then deleting them?  If so, then I
would bypass auto-transcoding all together. It is an extra unneeded step
you are placing on your backend.

Dan

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