[mythtv-users] how to set autotrans on by default?

[Kevin Kuphal]

Mike Grusin wrote:
> I recently upgraded from .18 to .19 (yeah, I'm a bit slow), and here's an
> odd change I can't figure out:
>
> Lately I've been baffled that -only- the movies I've been recording have
> been ending up at huge sizes like 8GB (mpeg2 from PVR500, I record at high
> rate but always transcode).  I can see in the job queue that they are being
> commercial flagged but not transcoded.  I finally found that in the
> recording schedule for these shows it does say "do not transcode new
> recordings".  Other things like episodic TV say "transcode new recordings".
>
> What sets the above field to be "don't transcode" for movies and "transcode"
> for other things, and how can I set the above field to be "transcode" for
> all new entries by default?  I ususally grab movies off the upcoming movie
> list using "record one showing of this title" and I'd prefer not to have to
> manually change this on everything I schedule.
>   
There is a transcode enable for both the recording schedule and the 
recording profile.  Turn both of them on and you should get automatic 
transcoding.

Kevin