[mythtv-users] Transcoding SD MPEG2 to H.264---recommendations?

[belcampo]

John Pilkington wrote:
> On 30/11/10 06:41, sonofzev at iinet.net.au wrote:
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> 
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>> I know I'm jumping in quite late, but have you tried the 
>> mythnuv2mkv.sh script..
>> I've been using it for over a year and it's generally fantastic..
>>
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> I'm jumping in late, too, and rather diffidently; but you might find my 
> script at http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mythcutprojectx useful as a test 
> cleaner-for-mpeg2-recordings, or perhaps as a basis for an h264 
> transcoder.  It replaces the original file with a Myth-aware cleaned 
> copy.  And note that there is a later version of ProjectX than the one 
> that is easiest to find!
> 
> One point I noticed in Dave Newman's script might affect later use of 
> its output.  I find that ProjectX doesn't like working with mpeg2 files 
> concatenated with 'cat'.  It has problems with the timestamps and 
> returns only the first section. Ymmv. It's ok if everything is demuxed 
> in sequence and then remuxed.
In projectx one can cat/load additional files, which will be 
demuxed/synced properly.
> 
> John P
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