Re: [vdr] "TS packets to determine frame type"

2016-09-11 Thread Richard F
Stephan - In case you didn't see the announcement on this list, the script and utils are now out there. Enjoy! Richard On 9/06/2016 19:52, Stephan Loescher wrote: > Hi Richard, > > Would you share your script, after finishing? > Would be very interesting! > > Greetings, > Stephan. > >

Re: [vdr] "TS packets to determine frame type"

2016-06-16 Thread VDR User
Yup, I see your reasoning behind it. Only one thing though... Transcoding is not going to give you improved quality regarding of what encoder and settings you use. Size can be reduced which is a plus but there's degradation with every trip a stream makes through an encoder. Encoding always has and

Re: [vdr] "TS packets to determine frame type"

2016-06-15 Thread Richard F
For my specific situation logic goes like this, FWIW: - The script started when I was working on the other side of the world a couple of years ago, and was downloading TV regularly. I started by using what others had done and improved/modified for my circumstances. Reducing the recorded size

Re: [vdr] "TS packets to determine frame type"

2016-06-14 Thread VDR User
Curious why you're bothering to do this now when 4tb harddrives are always on sale in the $90 range. 6+ years ago it made more sense but now it seems like too little too late. Just wondering On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 6:21 AM, Richard F wrote: > I will do. > > Now

Re: [vdr] "TS packets to determine frame type"

2016-06-14 Thread Richard F
I will do. Now I'm testing it on a range of recordings, I'm seeing a few issues with ffmpeg/libraries, which I'm addressing with workarounds or reports to the ffmpeg devs. The aim is to convert all old VDR1.6, and current VDR2.x recordings, including radio, as well automatic transcoding after a

Re: [vdr] "TS packets to determine frame type"

2016-06-09 Thread Stephan Loescher
Hi Richard, Would you share your script, after finishing? Would be very interesting! Greetings, Stephan. Am 06/06/2016 um 01:07 AM schrieb Richard F: I meant to send this to the list On 4/06/2016 08:45, Klaus Schmidinger wrote: On 30 May 2016, at 22:45, Richard

Re: [vdr] "TS packets to determine frame type"

2016-06-05 Thread Richard F
I meant to send this to the list On 4/06/2016 08:45, Klaus Schmidinger wrote: >> On 30 May 2016, at 22:45, Richard F wrote: >> >> Hi Klaus, >> >> I'm 99% of the way to finishing my H264 ffmpeg transcoding script, I'm just >> getting 2 of these warnings when

Re: [vdr] "TS packets to determine frame type"

2016-06-04 Thread Klaus Schmidinger
> On 30 May 2016, at 22:45, Richard F wrote: > > Hi Klaus, > > I'm 99% of the way to finishing my H264 ffmpeg transcoding script, I'm just > getting 2 of these warnings when reindexing transcoded files > > May 30 21:08:09 ha-server vdr: [31785] WARNING: required

[vdr] "TS packets to determine frame type"

2016-05-30 Thread Richard F
Hi Klaus, I'm 99% of the way to finishing my H264 ffmpeg transcoding script, I'm just getting 2 of these warnings when reindexing transcoded files May 30 21:08:09 ha-server vdr: [31785] WARNING: required 5 video TS packets to determine frame type May 30 21:08:09 ha-server vdr: [31785] WARNING: