[mythtv-users] Anyone tried MPEG2 to MPEG2 transcoding?

Nick Rout nick at rout.co.nz
Wed Jul 6 20:22:37 EDT 2005


Is it possible to do this as a "user job" ? you can use your own command line and set whatever options you want.


On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 22:31:56 +1000
Phill Edwards wrote:

> Looking through the archives I've found that it's possible top set up
> MPEG2 to MPEG2 automatic transcoding by issuing the following update
> command in mysql:
> 
> update recordingprofiles set videocodec = "MPEG-2" where name = "MPEG2";
> 
> I want to give this a go because I want to keep my recordings in MPEG2
> format but want to reduce the size of the recordings. I can't adjust
> the original recording profile because I'm using DVB-T capture cards
> which don't encode, they just dump the broadcast MPEG2 stream straight
> to disk. So I figure I can reduce the size of them by transcoding to a
> lower bit rate MPEG2 file. I need them in MPEG2 format to work on my
> xbmcmythtv python scripts frontend.
> 
> The question is - has anyone tried this, and what were your results? I
> read a post that said the reason you have to enable it via a mysql
> command is because it can be a bit dodgy which is why it's not turned
> on by default. Should I expect that it's going to play up quite badly
> and defrost my freezer overnight, or will it be OK?
> 
> Regards,
> Phill
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