Could you possibly submit your "fixes" to the author, or create a tarball and submit it to the list for the generic users? :)
Cool On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 08:59:09 +0200, Fredrik Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I thinkit is not OT to point ot that there is a working solution for > knoppmyth which runs from th web intercace and that I was able to port > to "regular" mythtv without much trouble. > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/mythburn/ > > There are some work being done on a frontend plugin too in the CVS. > > /Fredrik > > On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 06:17:17 -0500 (EST), Cory Papenfuss > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 28 Mar 2005, Jeff Simpson wrote: > > > > > While the outline looks good, I don't think the organization of the > > > writeup was ever the brick wall preventing anything. The real lack is > > > in decent software applications to do the job.(ie, I think we should > > > be looking for people who can fix the missing parts rather than > > > re-write up the workarounds) > > > > > > but while we're at it, add these utilities to the toolbox, these are > > > all I use to make dvds out of PVR-350 NUVs: > > > > > > nuvexport (using avidemux2, MPEG2->MPEG2 cut option) > > > dvdstyler (for making dvd iso) > > > k3b (for burning dvd) > > > > > I'll agree to this. The problem with "one-touch" dvd authoring > > from ivtv-captured files is that they're not consistent. Some procedures > > work well for some, and not for others. Two big problems are: > > > > 1. No lossless MPEG2 cutting that does not break streams. This would > > ideally be rolled into MythTV so when commercials are cut out of an MPEG2 > > stream, the losslessly-cut MPEG2 stream is what remains. Current somewhat > > working methods include: > > A. avidemux: cut/demux/remux (what nuvexport does). This method > > works most of the time, but breaks when a capture does not have a constant > > A/V offset throughout. > > B. gopdit/gopchop: cuts in-place. This method works somewhat, but > > the "correctness" of the resulting stream hasn't been fully verified. > > There are some details (timestamp manipulation, open/closed GOPs, "broken" > > GOPs, etc) that need to be investigated. > > > > 2. No MythTV support for MPEG2->MPEG2 cutting. Ideally, one would want to > > apply a cutlist to a capture to save the master footage on the backend > > with commercials removed. Since this tool doesn't yet exist properly, > > it's not rolled into MythTV proper... see #1 above. > > > > Lather, rinse, repeat. > > > > One other point to note is that the ivtv does a *horrible* job of > > producing low-mid quality captures. If one is trying to build a > > broadcast-quality archive DVD, they cannot record at a low enough bitrate > > to do so straight off the card without crappy quality. I use a 2-pass > > transcode to get very acceptable 2.2 Mbps 352x480 archival DVDs. Roughly > > 760MB per 42-minute show. That's 6 "hour-long" shows on one DVD. If you > > try to capture at that directly, it'll look horrible. > > > > -Cory > > > > ************************************************************************* > > * Cory Papenfuss * > > * Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student * > > * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University * > > ************************************************************************* > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
