[mythtv-users] Is transcoding livetv really necessary?

Brad DerManouelian myth at dermanouelian.com
Fri Nov 17 03:46:17 UTC 2006


On Nov 16, 2006, at 7:29 PM, Viitasaari wrote:

> I am a newbie at this and was wondering if trans-coding livetv is  
> really
> necessary.
>
> Hedgehog

No. The default setting is not to transcode. Programs don't start the  
transcode process until after it's done recording anyway, so you will  
get no benefit (and extra CPU time after you've done) if you don't  
plan on keeping the recording. If you do decide to keep it, you can  
always initiate a transcode job manually when a program finishes.



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