[mythtv-users] No keyframe = problem

[Isaac Richards]

On Friday 04 April 2003 04:34 pm, Joe S wrote:
> I think the lack of keyframes keeps me from viewing the files recorded
> by mythtv on another computer.  If I take the video from mythtv and
> reencode via "mencoder -divx4"(divx 5.0) or "mencoder -ovc lavc
> -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4"(OpenDivx) I get a file that will play on
> windows and does have key frames.
>
> However with "-ovc copy" I get file that gspot labels as Opendivx with
> no keyframes.
>
> I am using myth .8 from a deb package and mplayer compiled from source.
>  Perhaps I need to compile myth myself to get this working?
>
> Has anyone else had this problem or notice the lack of keyframes?

In mpeg4 mode, mythtv has a keyframe at least once every 30 frames.

Isaac