[mythtv] MPEG-2 by default?

Nathan Langley mythtv-dev@snowman.net
19 Dec 2002 10:36:00 -0600


How are you converting from mythtv format to mpeg2?

Nathan
On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 00:11, John S Flowers wrote:
> That's basically the same problem I'm having. The thing that really 
> stinks is having to convert from one format to another to burn a DVD. 
> It's working, but it's a pain and doesn't really allow you to watch TV 
> while you're burning a DVD.
> 
> Hmm. The search continues...
> 
> On Wednesday, December 18, 2002, at 10:54  PM, Isaac Richards wrote:
> 
> > On Wednesday 18 December 2002 11:08 pm, John S Flowers wrote:
> >> I'm trying to write MPEG-2 files (instead of MPEG-4 or MJPEG) by
> >> default.
> >>
> >> Why would I do this, you ask?
> >>
> >> Well, what I really want to do is dump programs to a DVD (for sharing,
> >> viewing on another system, archiving, etc.). I already know how to
> >> create a Video DVD using MPEG-2 files and I could save myself the
> >> encoding time by having MythTV write files straight to MPEG-2.
> >>
> >> If there are any pointers to doing this or people who've done it,
> >> please speak up.
> >
> > I haven't found any optimized mpeg2 encoders that run well in 
> > real-time.
> >
> > Isaac
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