[EMAIL PROTECTED] <> wrote: > I was wondering why we are using the nuppelvideo container > for mpeg4? It > can't be hard to convert to a different format - nuv2avi works great. > Why is it that we're not using avi's (for example) rather > than nuv's to store the files?
Because the avi file format does not have timestamps, it asumes a fixed frame rate. And avi files are not designed to be streamed (atleast not in the same way as nuv). > mplayer (used by xbmc) has a lot of issues with the > .nuv files, and unless you have the special codecs installed > on windows > .nuv mpeg4 files will not play. > mplayers problem and not mythtvs. > How hard would it be (and are there any reasons no to) modify the code > such that it will generate more friendly mpeg4 files? Hard. > p.s. what is all the seek information in the DB for? why isn't that > in the video file itself? > Because the file may not have finished recording and it might be mpeg2 _______________________________________________ mythtv-dev mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-dev
