[mythtvnz] Transcoding HD videos

[Steven Ellis]

On Tue, April 24, 2012 8:09 am, Pshem Kowalczyk wrote:
> Hi,
>>>
>> That cmd makes progressive encoded .. if you can make it work..
>
> That was the key word here. I realised I was generating 720p with
> 50fps, adding -r 25 to the output file did the trick. The filter
> (h264_mp4toannexb) also helps.
> One thing I've noticed every now and then ffmpeg will segfault at the
> end of encoding, but the movie remains playable.
>
>
>> With a recent ffmpeg build I had to change it to this:
>>
>> ffmpeg -i /recordings/1003_20100215193000.mpg  -c:v:0 libx264 -flags
>> +ilme+ildct -s 1280x720 -b:v 3500k -c:a libfaac -b:a 128K Â -map 0:0
>> -map
>> 0:1 -bsf:v h264_mp4toannexb -f mpegts new.mpg
>>
>> interlaced ts stream file with latm-aac--> libfaac acc
>
>> MythTV plays it okay
>> mediainfo seems okay
>> old VLC Â 1.0.6 will not play video..
>
> I've noticed that mplayer has issues playing it too if the framerate
> is not reduced to 25fps.
>
> Thx for the input.
>
> kind regards



Are you guys also editing the HD Videos as well?