I 2nd the request. I haven't had much luck in down-res'ing my HD shows.
-John ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Shay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion about mythtv" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] How to record HD and SD versions of sameshow Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 15:17:58 -0500 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brad Templeton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Discussion about mythtv" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 2:05 PM > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] How to record HD and SD versions of same show > > > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 12:55:09PM -0400, James Armstrong wrote: > > > > > > > > > David Shay wrote: > > > >I have some HDTV-capable frontends and some non-HDTV capable frontends. > I > > > >would like to setup a "record all showings on this channel" entry for a > > > >series, one for the HD channel and one for the SD channel, thereby > getting > > > >two non-duplicated versions of every episode, one in HD and one in SD. > => Or you could write a script to transcode/down-rez the HD version and > > keep it in videos. It will look much better than any version recorded > > off something like a pvr-250, and may look better than a version recorded > > off the SDTV digital subchannel, if that's what you are doing. > > I am recording the SD versions on a pvr-250. > > Well, I've tried various ways to transcode/downres the shows from the HD > channels and I can get that working well enough for actual Mythfrontends. > My problem is that I am also using some Hauppauge MediaMVP psuedo-frontends > and I can't seem to get a working mencoder or other command to transcode > down and play correctly, i.e. with correct A/V sync and the ability to skip > forward/backward correctly. Yeah, that's really an issue for the MVP list, > but that's why it's not a real suitable solution at the moment. Anyone care > to share there favorite command lines to downres HDTV content? > > I know I can turn off duplicate checking but that's not ideal either. For > instance, right now if you turn off duplicate checking you would get about > 1000 different copies of "Revelations"... > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- _______________________________________________ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at once. http://datingsearch.lycos.com _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
