[mythtv-users] Best settings for transcoding HD content to save space?

[Gary Buhrmaster]

On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 7:51 PM, Ben Kamen <bkamen at benjammin.net> wrote:
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> On 2014-05-13 2:45 PM, Eric Sharkey wrote:
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>> Although, hardware based transcoding tuners like the new HDHR units
>> may provide a cost effective solution.  I'm assuming the electrical
>> costs associated with transcoding in hardware will be a lot lower than
>> doing it in software.  If the device works reliably, and you can just
>> set it into transcode mode and forget it, all the arguments about
>> human labor associated with the transcoding go away as well.
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> I am using a HDHR Prime as my tuner...
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> How would I do this in myth? (I didn't look yet)

Well, since you do not have a HDHR capable of
hardware transcoding, you can not.

SiliconDust is currently shipping an ATSC/ClearQAM
HDHR which can do hardware transcoding (for 2 streams).
The CableCARD equivalent is not yet available (which
will do 4 streams).  Last I checked, CableLabs had
not yet approved any new SiliconDust OCUR devices,
so availability of the new model is unknown.