[mythtv-users] Transcode:Keeping AC3

scram69 scram69 at gmail.com
Sat Aug 16 04:21:29 UTC 2008


On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 7:19 AM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 08:29:40AM -0500, Mitch Gore wrote:
>> > Did you ever find a solution to this?  I'm seeing the same errors
>> > trying to transcode HD recordings to mpeg4.  I hadn't tried this for a
>> > while, but I remember it working for me under 0.20.2.
>> > _______________________________________________
>>
>> No, AFAIK this ability never existed in Myth.  With that said im sure
>> mencoder or whatever encoder Myth is using to transcode has the
>
> Yup. Mencoder does have this option. Skipping the recompression
> of the audio in a file does add a little extra bulk but it is
> really quite small compared to the original file size.
>
> [deletia]
>
> Just use the "copy" option for the audio encoder.

Sorry if I'm a little slow here... so would I be able to transcode to
mpeg4 by setting up the proper options for one of the transcode
profiles in Settings>TV settings>Recording Profiles>Transcoders , or,
do I need to write a script that uses mencoder and call it with a
custom user job?

Thanks,
Steve


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