On 05/01/11 10:02, Roger Burton West wrote: > On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 09:55:08AM +0000, Robin Bowes wrote: > >> I was thinking, would it be possible to have get_iplayer do the >> transcoding? Does it current support that sort of thing? If not, I can >> look into a patch. > > Given recent discussion here, I think you'd be much better off using > get_iplayer as a downloader and then throwing the results at mencoder, > avisynth, or another converter of your choice, to pull them into the > format you need. Video transcoding (which you'll have to do, as the > codecs used by the BBC aren't likely to be suitable for your DTRs) is a > fiddly and complex business.
OK, fair point. I guess I just want to make sure that I don't transcode more than once. If I grab the "flashvhigh" stream which is 1500kbps and 832x468, will get_iplayer just save it to disk as mp4, or does it do any transcoding? R. _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
