[mythtv-users] Fwd: Re: Transcode in place to MPEG-2 (PS)?

[Jeremy Jones]

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From: "Jeremy Jones" <jjones at almonassociates.com>
Date: Jun 30, 2011 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Transcode in place to MPEG-2 (PS)?
To: "Discussion about MythTV" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>

On Jun 30, 2011 8:06 AM, "Richard Shaw" <hobbes1069 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 9:23 PM, Jeremy Jones
> <jeremy.dwain.jones at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Upon further look at this it looks like the --mpeg2 option will not
> > allow for resizing the video.  My original recordings are mostly HD and
> > like I said in the original post, I need them to be SD for compatibility
> > with a network player.
>
> Woops, I missed that part, sorry...
>
>
> > Will I mess anything up by just transcoding with an external script
> > using ffmpeg and replacing the original file with the transcoded one
> > (same name so myth still finds it)?  If I do that, then is there
> > information in the database that will have to be updated with the new
> > filesize and video size? Will myth do that automatically?  Do I need to
> > execute a command initiate that?
>
> I found this page[1] which may help. It shows as way to setup custom
> transcoding profiles with resizing. It's for an older version of
> MythTV but probably still relevant:
>
> Richard
>
> [1] http://tips.myhdbox.com/2006/05/tip-4-transcode-profiles-for-hdtv.php

Thanks. I'll check that out.

By the way, I think I have this working using the transcoder stub wrapper by
Mr. Wagner as a starting point. I'll be happy to share my customized version
once I have tested it.  (If anyone is interested.)

Jeremy
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