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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Are
there any settings that anyone would recommend to optimize the encoding? I just
used the “normal” profile.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br>I use the "PS3" profile when I want it to look good.<br><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Is
there any way to get Mythtv to transcode recorded shows to H264? That would be
fantastic.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br>KISS says: Install HandbrakeCLI on the backend and create an appropriate user job to push it into MythVideo :) <br><br>Just a pseudo user job example:<br>
HandbrakeCLI -Z PS3 -i "/var/lib/mythtv/recordings/%FILE%" -o "/var/lib/mythtv/videos/%TITLE%_%STARTTIME%.mp4"<br><br>Calling a well written shell script would be the best bet.<br><br>Jonathan<br><br>
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<a href="mailto:mythtvnz-bounces@lists.linuxnut.co.nz" target="_blank">mythtvnz-bounces@lists.linuxnut.co.nz</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:mythtvnz-bounces@lists.linuxnut.co.nz" target="_blank">mythtvnz-bounces@lists.linuxnut.co.nz</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Steven Ellis<br>
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<p>With a good encoder H.264 at 1500k should look quite good</p>
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<p>I transcode Lazytown for my daughter to H.264 at around
1500k and it generally looks as good as the broadcast MPEG2 SD streams, and yes
handbrake rocks.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black;">Steven Ellis - Technical Director<br>
OpenMedia Limited<br>
email - <a href="mailto:steven@openmedia.co.nz" target="_blank">steven@openmedia.co.nz</a><br>
website - <a href="http://www.openmedia.co.nz/" target="_blank">http://www.openmedia.co.nz</a></span></p>
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