[mythtv-users] The Final Nail in MythTranscode?
Paul Gardiner
lists at glidos.net
Wed Mar 6 17:38:33 UTC 2013
On 06/03/2013 16:47, Ken Scales wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 2:45 AM, Paul Gardiner <lists at glidos.net
> <mailto:lists at glidos.net>> wrote:
>
> "Michael T. Dean"
> >So, if you must transcode (i.e. to watch content on some
> >limited-functionality device, such as a tablet or phone), don't use
> >mythtranscode to do it--use a real tool that was designed by a project
> >specifically focused on creating transcoding tools.
>
> When mythtv's transcoding feature works, it is perfectly
> serviceable. The OP wasn't asking for new features only what used to
> work in 0.25.
>
>
> Actually, I would disagree with Paul's description of "perfectly
> serviceable". It actually excelled in some functions:
> - other than VideoReDo, it is the ONLY "cutter" that I have found that
> can do essentially frame-accurate cuts on mpeg2 recordings under Linux.
> (In some cases this requires correcting the indices in the mark-up file
> first using its built-in buildindex function.) All other methods I'm
> aware of are only key-frame accurate, which can cause very annoying
> relocation of the cut points.
Runnining mythtranscode --fifodir into ffmpeg gives frame-accurate
cuts, or seems to from my experience. It definitely doesn't run to
the nearest key frame.
P.
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