[mythtv-users] The Final Nail in MythTranscode?

[Paul Gardiner]

On 06/03/2013 16:47, Ken Scales wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 2:45 AM, Paul Gardiner <lists at glidos.net
> <mailto:lists at glidos.net>> wrote:
>
>     "Michael T. Dean"
>      >So, if you must transcode (i.e. to watch content on some
>      >limited-functionality device, such as a tablet or phone), don't use
>      >mythtranscode to do it--use a real tool that was designed by a project
>      >specifically focused on creating transcoding tools.
>
>     When mythtv's transcoding feature works, it is perfectly
>     serviceable. The OP wasn't asking for new features only what used to
>     work in 0.25.
>
>
> Actually, I would disagree with Paul's description of "perfectly
> serviceable". It actually excelled in some functions:
> - other than VideoReDo, it is the ONLY "cutter" that I have found that
> can do essentially frame-accurate cuts on mpeg2 recordings under Linux.
> (In some cases this requires correcting the indices in the mark-up file
> first using its built-in buildindex function.)  All other methods I'm
> aware of are only key-frame accurate, which can cause very annoying
> relocation of the cut points.

Runnining mythtranscode --fifodir into ffmpeg gives frame-accurate
cuts, or seems to from my experience. It definitely doesn't run to
the nearest key frame.

P.