Hey All
ok.. so I've been running a myth box for a couple of years now I think -
and over this time I've learnt quite a bit about how myth works and
learnt even more about linux!
over this time I've got through various pieces of kit for upgrades - new
mb, more memory, more hd etc etc..
now I've made a *big* difference - I've switched from a 878 based card
to a new PVR-250.
it's taken a week or so for me to get this thing running and I've
continued to learn a few things about how these cards work but it's been
*really* worth it - I thought I had the 878 card working near original
source quality but hell, this is now damn perfect and the quality is
amazing.
i'm still having a few problems in terms of stability of the
machine/myth but I need to look into things further to provide more info.
so - to the purpose of this email.
I never got my head around "transcoding" as I figured I never needed to
with the old card. now I'm recording with the 250 I figured I'd better
know more about this transcoding thing.
what is it? why does it matter? how will it affect how I use my mythbox?
is there settings I need to know about? am I right in thinking it's more
of an issue now I'm on a 250?
I have mtd running as a daemon on startup but I don't know what it's
there for! lol
can someone shed light?
thanks
Craig
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