I for one would certainly be interested in this, as I am currently using a VLC config which is not only awkward, but produces relatively poor results.
paul On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 22:53:17 -0700, "Jim Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I use a python script I put together. It provides a quick and dirty > conversion - there are scenes where artifacts are visible, but it > usually transcodes fast enough to allow me to start viewing right after > the transcoding starts. My box has a Sempron 2800 CPU. It assumes > Linux and requires both ffmpeg and transcode. > > It's not "production ready", but if I haven't put you off yet, I can > make it available. > > Jim > > Mark Paulus wrote: > > > Would you mind sharing your method of converting AVIs to MPEGs to be > > used on Mythtv/MVPMC combos? > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > Jim Robinson wrote: > > > >> I've been running dongle.bin.mvpmc-20060924-2.4.31 with my H2 and, as > >> advertised, it boots flawlessly. Thanks much for this work! > >> > >> For my own curiosity, could you tell us what you did to make it work? > >> > >> Also, I was one of those that had severe stuttering with the 2.4 kernel. > >> However, when I decreased the NFS read and write buffers (can't see how > >> the write buffer is relevant, but changed it anyway for the sake of > >> consistency) from 4K to 2K the stuttering disappeared. I use NFS to view > >> mythtv recordings and also MPEGs converted from AVIs. As an apparent > >> beneficial side effect of decreasing the buffer sizes, viewed shows seem > >> to get out of sync less often (in fact, haven't had this happen since). > >> Don't know if this information helps anyone else, but thought I'd pass > >> it along. > >> > >> Jim > >> > >> > > > > -- paul hardman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
