[mythtv-users] down sizing

[Daryl McDonald]

On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 3:33 PM, Gregory Schade <gmschade at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 01/10/2014 01:25 PM, Daryl McDonald wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 3:17 PM, Gregory Schade <gmschade at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On 01/10/2014 12:39 PM, Daryl McDonald wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 2:36 PM, Gregory Schade <gmschade at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On 01/10/2014 10:13 AM, Daryl McDonald wrote:
>>>>>>> Is there any way to get a movie recorded in HD (14GB with ads in) to
>>>>>>> burn onto a DVD (4.7GB)? I've done low quality transcodes on 6.8GB
>>>>>>> recordings that end up at 5GB.  027 fixes in Ubuntu 120.4
>>>>>>> Daryl
>>>>>> what do you use to record? or what is your recording device?
>>>>>> do you need the video to be playable on a normal dvd player or, do you
>>>>>> want to just get the file down below 4.7 gig?
>>>>>>
>>>>> I have some HD recordings in Mythtv that I want to burn for my
>>>>> grandson's DVD player, so I need to shrink then burn in mythtv to be
>>>>> played on a commercial DVD player.
>>>> this is assuming your videos are recorded in mpeg2. NOT from a HD-PVR.
>>>> And it's been a while since I've had to do this. I think using mythtv
>>>> .25, and I don't have any mpeg2 recordings to test it with, but I walked
>>>> through it on my system as best as I could
>>>>
>>>> 1. go through and edit the commercial cut list
>>>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Editing_Recordings
>>>>     it's usually easiest to load detected commercial and make sure the
>>>> cuts are in the right place.
>>>>     play around with the editor. it's really good and easy to use.
>>>>
>>>> 2. save cuts and exit editor, exit the video, with video highlighted hit
>>>> menu, go to job options, begin transcoding, and select High Quality
>>>>     I had problems with mytharchive making the dvd and failing if I
>>>> didn't remove commercials first
>>>>
>>>> 3. go to optical disks, archive files, create dvd    run through the
>>>> menus and select proper options
>>>>     I just started having it make an iso and not burn because I was
>>>> getting to many errors. i then burned the disk with k3b, if your using
>>>> mythbuntu it's available in the repositories. if you use a different
>>>> program to burn the disk from an iso make sure you select the option to
>>>> "burn disk from image" or something similar to it.
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>>> Thanks Greg, I've gone through that process a couple time already with
>>> SD recordings that wind up below the 4.7GB threshold after
>>> transcoding. This 14.6GB recording will end up somewhere around 13GB
>>> after transcoding the ads out. Is Myth's magic potent enough to fit
>>> the remaining file onto the disc?
>> yeah it will automagically transcode it to fit the dvd in the proper
>> format, I was doing it for a while for an elderly neighbour who lost
>> almost all antenna reception after the digital change over and couldn't
>> watch Dancing With The Stars
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> OK, I'm jumping with both feet. Thanks to all.

It was a happy landing, the more I look into Myth the more impressed I
become, big time Kudos to all Devs