[mythtv-users] MPEG2 -> MPEG2 Transcoding

[Mark A. Hoover]

> From: Preston Crow <pc-mythtv06a at crowcastle.net>
>
> On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 09:36 -0500, Mark A. Hoover wrote:
>> I've recoded some shows using a PVR-500 card that encodes to MPEG2 format.
>> I've found that if I turn on the Lossless Transcoding toggle, that I can
>> keep them in MPEG2 format and strip out the commercials.  However, I've
>> been told that the resulting file can potentially have video/audio sync problems.
>>
>> Is this true?  And if so, is there a way to transcode the entire file and
>> not just around the cut points?
>
> False.
>
> At least for me, I've found lossless MPEG2->MPEG2 transcoding to be
> perfect.
>
> I use it on my PVR recordings and my HDTV recordings all the time.
> Well, actually, I go through and do it every time we start getting low
> on space.

I've done a couple shows so far and haven't seen any problems, but they 
were shows that I kept just to practice commercial cutting on.  Not 
anything I planned to keep.  I was getting ready to do some shows I 
planned to keep long term when I heard that it might be an issue.  Figured 
it was better to ask and be told it's not an issue, than to find out I had 
a problem later....:)