[mythtv-users] Record to "MPEG-2 SVCD-compatible Stream" with Hauppauge PVR USB2

Jay R. Ashworth jra at baylink.com
Tue Jul 15 14:59:59 UTC 2008


On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 10:00:28AM +1200, Nick Rout wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 2:25 AM, Jay R. Ashworth <jra at baylink.com> wrote:
> > No, his question is actually, so far as I can determine, "how do I
> > configure my recording parameters for the Hauppauge card so as to get
> > SVCD compliant MPEG files out of it".
> >
> > I don't know the answer, that just seems to me to be the question.  :-)
> >
> > MPEG1 seems required, though, if I remember my SVCD...
> 
> I think you are thinking of VCD, not SVCD. According to wikipedia:
> 
> Video
> 
>     * Codec: MPEG-2

Yeah, you're right; I went back and re-read his posting after I hit
send and saw what the card said.

*I* think the answer is just "create a recording profile for the card
that has the parameters you just copied from Wikipedia, and see if it
works."  :-)

Cheers,
-- jra
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