On Tuesday 05 July 2005 8:31, Phill Edwards wrote: > Looking through the archives I've found that it's possible top set up > MPEG2 to MPEG2 automatic transcoding by issuing the following update > command in mysql: > > update recordingprofiles set videocodec = "MPEG-2" where name = > "MPEG2"; > > I want to give this a go because I want to keep my recordings in MPEG2 > format but want to reduce the size of the recordings. I can't adjust > the original recording profile because I'm using DVB-T capture cards > which don't encode, they just dump the broadcast MPEG2 stream straight > to disk. So I figure I can reduce the size of them by transcoding to a > lower bit rate MPEG2 file. I need them in MPEG2 format to work on my > xbmcmythtv python scripts frontend. > > The question is - has anyone tried this, and what were your results? I > read a post that said the reason you have to enable it via a mysql > command is because it can be a bit dodgy which is why it's not turned > on by default. Should I expect that it's going to play up quite badly > and defrost my freezer overnight, or will it be OK?
Hmmm, unless there's special code to handle MPEG2->MPEG2 transcoding, I'd guess that you'd end up with a Myth NuppelVideo container format file, with MPEG2 video and either raw or MP3 audio. Probably *not* what you're looking for. -JAC _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
