[mythtv-users] Transcoding, remotely?

John Kuhn kuhn at razorsys.com
Wed May 19 15:18:29 EDT 2004


use nuvexport http://forevermore.net/mythtv/

--John

Bruce Smith wrote:

>I ran mythtranscode with just the "-i" parameter (infile) and it created
>a .tmp file almost the same size of the infile.  How can I tell it to
>convert from mpeg2 to mpeg4 to save disk space?
>
>Also, I assume that I can just 'mv' the .tmp file over top of the input
>.nuv file after it's done?
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>>It does it right there.  You can, of course, nohup it or put it in the
>>background.
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>I am familiar with nohup, bg, screen, and stuff like that, but it would
>be really nice to just add the files to the system queue to do them
>sequentially in a low priority (yeah I know, use "nice" :)  like the "X"
>key does.
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> - BS
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>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
>>>[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Smith
>>>Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 11:52 AM
>>>To: Discussion about mythtv
>>>Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Transcoding, remotely?
>>>
>>>
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>>>>Can you SSH/telnet into your box and run mythtransocde?
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>Yes, I can SSH into the box and do whatever non-GUI commands required.
>>>
>>>Does mythtranscode schedule a recording for transcoding, or 
>>>do it right
>>>there (no bash prompt back until it's done)?
>>>
>>> - BS
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
>>>>>[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Smith
>>>>>Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 9:31 AM
>>>>>To: Discussion about mythtv
>>>>>Subject: [mythtv-users] Transcoding, remotely?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>I'd like to schedule some shows to be transcoded, from a slow 
>>>>>remote connection (too slow to run mythfrontend and press "X").
>>>>>
>>>>>Is this as simple as inserting a value into a mysql table?
>>>>>If so, can someone give me a sample sql?  
>>>>>          
>>>>>
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