[mythtv-users] Converting "mythtranscoded" files to avi...

[Justin]

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From: "Steve Smith" <st3v3.sm1th at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 9:05 AM
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Subject: [mythtv-users]  Converting "mythtranscoded" files to avi...

> A question for the transcoding gurus out there.
>
> I currently use the inbuilt Myth transcoding options to transcode many of 
> my
> shows.
> It's set to transcode to:
>    MPEG4
>    2400kbps
>    MP3 audio with 32K sample rate.
>
> This seems to produce NUV files (and good results played back on MythFE or
> VLC player on Windows).
>
> For Xmas I got a Yamada DVD player that can play back DIVX, XVID, MP4 etc.
>
> Unfortunately it won't play the NUV files even if I rename them to AVI.
>
> I've tried getting ffmpeg to rewrite them to an AVI container using:
>      ffmpeg -i FILE.nuv -f avi -vcodec copy -acodec copy OUT.avi
>
> However, what I get then is a file where the video plays at roughly twice
> the speed of the audio!
>
> So my questions are:
>     1) HOW do I convert the NUV files to a playable AVI (as in playable on
> a "standards" based divx/mp4 player)?
>     2) Can I do this WITHOUT further transcoding?
>     3) Can I get Myth to do the transcoding correctly in the first place?
> (I'd accept having to rename the file, re-transcoding seems a bit
> pointless).
>
> Cheers
>
> Steve
>



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You can using nuv2avi at http://mythtv.beirdo.ca/nuvtools/nuv2avi.php
For me I the SVN version wouldn't compile until I commented out the RTjpeg 
code. After that it worked for at least one file a few months ago. I haven't 
used it since then.