Hi, this is a question from a newb, but... If I copy an HD video captured via MythTV via an HDHomeRun device onto another PC--can I then transcode that video into something smaller like xvid? Any tips would be greatly appreciated. I just want to get the 6 gig files down to something under a gig while retaining decent quality.

I know I can use nuvexport on the same box, but my other PC is much speedier.

Thanks for the help.

If you had details on your system that would help.

Under R5F27 there is a good included myt2xvid3 conversion script.
It creates files in Xvid at about a 1200 bitrate.
Good quality smaller files.

Yes, but how would I do that conversion on another non-knoppmyth PC (Ubuntu 7.10 to be precise) that does not have anything myth on it?

apt-get install transcode?

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Actually, I did that. Then I did "man transcode" and my eyes glossed over. That might be the longest man page I've ever seen. Any tips on how to use that to transcode the file?

Have a look at the code for Myth2xvid script it will probably tell you what you need to know.

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Yes.

mencoder and transcode are probably the first things to look at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MEncoder
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/mencoder.html

http://www.transcoding.org/cgi-bin/transcode

I've had problems with mencoder loosing A/V sync when there are
droputs in the ATSC recording from the HDHR. There might be
options that will automatically resync things, but I've
switched to using mythtranscode.


Take a look at what programs nuvexport is calling to do the transcoding
and do the same thing on your other box.

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