[mythtv-users] Export to MPG without re-compressing

[Mike Perkins]

Joseph Fry wrote:
> 
> Most capture cards produce one of only 2 or 3 formats these days.  In the
> us, mpeg2 is the OTA broadcast format, while in the UK they use h.264 (MPEG4
> AVC).  So I would wager that your video is already in a "standard format",
> it is just in a not so commonly used container format.
> 
No. In the UK, Standard Definition digital recording, i.e. Freeview, is 
broadcast in MPEG2. I understand that HD broadcasts are in h.264, but not many 
of us over here can get those yet, so yours are probably in MPEG2. The container 
myth records digital in is what is straight off the air; that is MPEG2-TS 
(Transport Stream). You probably want to lossless transcode, which should result 
in MPEG2-PS (Program Stream).

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Mike Perkins