[mythtv-users] Transcode:Keeping AC3

Brad DerManouelian myth at dermanouelian.com
Thu Mar 27 15:48:38 UTC 2008


Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> Mike Holden wrote:
>> Mitch Gore wrote:
>>> I found this script which seems close to what i need:
>>>
>>> #!/bin/sh
>>> # Transcode mythtv video down to a reasonable resolution, preserving AC3
>>> audio
>>>
>>> if mencoder -o /dev/null $1 2>/dev/null | egrep -q 'fps:(59|60)'; then
>> [ snip ]
>>
>> Note that the script will fail for any filename that has spaces or other
>> "special" characters in it, due to using plain ol' $1 in the script.
>> Consider changing this to "$1" each time to try to get round this if you
>> anticipate this could be a problem.
> 
> Note that MythTV will never record a program with a file name with a 
> space or "special" character unless you are doing something to the file 
> after it's been recorded. At that point, you're on your own anyway. :)

But I guess you were talking about random video files that could have 
any name. Should have followed the thread closer before commenting...



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