Re: [mythtv-users] Confused about mythtranscode
On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 11:33:50PM -0600, Devan Lippman wrote: What mythtranscode converts it to depends on your settings, for my they bocome mpeg4. What I really use it for is to edit the file down using the cutlist **cough** no commercials **cough**. I'd say the combination of the two about triples my recording capacity. You can set this all up in the transcoding profiles from the frontend Keep in mind that this is a second task to perform on your recording before you can watch it. If you typically just watch something and delete it right away, then it's probably not worth using mythtranscode; you may as well set up your recording profile to record down to the desired bitrate and be done with it. I believe another interesting use for mythtranscode is if you are doing software encoding at capture time and don't have the CPU to get it down to your target bitrate in realtime, or if your capture card doesn't do encoding (e.g., pcHDTV). And yes, the obvious interesting use for mythtranscode is to remove commercials (and possible disk space savings) for long-time archiving. But I think lots of people prefer to use nuvexport/ffmpeg via User Jobs for those kinds of applications. --Rob signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Confused about mythtranscode
I used the information found in the changelog for 0.17. http://www.mythtv.info/moin.cgi/0_2e17 - look for Job Queues. It tells how to use it, what variables can be passed, and how. There may be better locations, I don't know. I googled for job queue mythtv. Hope this helps. -- EC On Tue, 2005-06-07 at 09:05 -0700, Fedor Pikus wrote: On 6/7/05, Robert Tsai [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And yes, the obvious interesting use for mythtranscode is to remove commercials (and possible disk space savings) for long-time archiving. But I think lots of people prefer to use nuvexport/ffmpeg via User Jobs for those kinds of applications. Is there a howto or any other documentation which describes how to set it up to do this? I found where to enter User Job commands, but there is no documentation on what these commands could be or how to reference the recording itself in the command. I also found checkboxes Run User Job after recording but no menu option to run User Jobs manually. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Confused about mythtranscode
On 6/7/05, Dan Christensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Robert Tsai [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If you typically just watch something and delete it right away, then it's probably not worth using mythtranscode; Is it possible to have myth transcode MPEG-2 content to MPEG-4 when it is a week old? That way, shows I watch and delete right away are in the original format, and have had no cpu wasted on them, but shows that I might or might not get around to are compressed to MPEG-4. if it's not currently built in... you may be able to do this with cron. you would have to do a bit of scripting yourself but it probably wouldn't be too difficult. i'm pretty sure mythtranscode can be run from the command line. if not, there are other options like 'transcode', which will also use the cutlists and remove commercials. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Confused about mythtranscode
On Tue, 2005-06-07 at 09:05 -0700, Fedor Pikus wrote: Is there a howto or any other documentation which describes how to set it up to do this? I used the information found in the changelog for 0.17. Yeah, the long commit log was my documentation when I added the JobQueue. :) Not sure if it's been documented more elsewhere or not. Several new features have been added since then, including the ability to schedule User Jobs using the popup MENU on the Watch Recordings screen. -- Chris ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Confused about mythtranscode
Can someone explain me what exactly does mythtranscode do? After I recorded something, I can choose from a menu to transcode it. I see that mythtranscode runs, it's also mentioned in mythbackend log, and if I had a file X.nuv, now X.nuv.tmp appears. The menu where I launched the transcode from now offers to stop transcoding. Makes sense, so far. After a while mythtranscode ends and X.nuv.tmp becomes X.nuv. Comparing to the old file, the new one is slightly smaller. The menu changes to transcode once more. So, mythtranscode converted my captured MPEG2 (from PVR-350 or 150) to ... what exactly? And what will happen if I transcode it again? Thanks, Fedor -- Fedor G Pikus ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.pikus.net http://wild-light.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Confused about mythtranscode
What mythtranscode converts it to depends on your settings, for my they bocome mpeg4. What I really use it for is to edit the file down using the cutlist **cough** no commercials **cough**. I'd say the combination of the two about triples my recording capacity. You can set this all up in the transcoding profiles from the frontend Devan On 6/6/05, Fedor Pikus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can someone explain me what exactly does mythtranscode do?After I recorded something, I can choose from a menu to transcode it.I see that mythtranscode runs, it's also mentioned in mythbackend log,and if I had a file X.nuv, now X.nuv.tmp appears. The menu where Ilaunched the transcode from now offers to stop transcoding. Makessense, so far.After a while mythtranscode ends and X.nuv.tmp becomes X.nuv.Comparing to the old file, the new one is slightly smaller. The menu changes to transcode once more.So, mythtranscode converted my captured MPEG2 (from PVR-350 or 150) to... what exactly? And what will happen if I transcode it again?Thanks,Fedor--Fedor G Pikus ( [EMAIL PROTECTED])http://www.pikus.nethttp://wild-light.com___ mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
