Mythencode.pl

From MythTV

The correct title of this article is mythencode.pl. It appears incorrectly here due to technical restrictions.

mythencode.pl is a perl script to automate some of the encoding tasks associated with getting MythTV files into a nice DivX .AVI file.

usage:  mythencode.pl [options] /path/to/store/1001_20030401190000_20030401200000.nuv

Where [options] is:
--hours [3.0]           - Hours per 700MB CD.  Can be a float
                        (i.e. --hours 2.25 for 2:15) (default: 3 hours)
--nice [10]             - Nice level to run mencoder at (default: 10)
--cdsize [700]          - Size of CD to create for
                        (185, 650, 700 are obvious choices) (default: 700)
--ratio [0.8]           - Ratio of Video to total bitrate (default: 0.8)
                        (lower to add more audio and less video)
--1                     - 1 pass (default: 2 pass)
--test                  - Show values that would be used and exit
--getname               - Get name with mythname.pl script (default: no)
--namehost              - db where mythname.pl should look
--scale [320:240]       - Set output scale by hand (default: 320:240)
--autoscale             - Set to autopick scale/fps based on bitrate
--fps [30]              - Set output fps (default: 30)
--debug                 - Dump some debugging output