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--- computers:media:encoding:start [2008/08/06 17:00] – david
+++ computers:media:encoding:start [2011/05/26 16:45] (current) – david
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   * [[http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=136007| (.96 BETA - has 'PCH' profile)]]
+===== Mythtv to AVI =====
+Well, I've not had too much success with Mythtv's built in transcoding, probably due to a bad setup on my part.  I have found that if I use the "Super" encoder on the raw .MPG file recordings, it does a very nice job of crunching down (especially cartoons for the kids) the files from their original HD size to something manageable for archive.
+  - First thing to do is make symbolic links to the recordings so I can copy them all properly named in human readable format.  I am using these two things for that:
+    - [[http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mythname.pl|Mythname.pl]] (which I put in **~/bin/mythname.pl**) to give us a command line program that can interogate the data base to find the name of the recording.
+    - This little bash script that will make symbolic links right where you are <code bash>
+#!/bin/bash
+for filename in /var/lib/mythtv/recordings/*.mpg
+do
+  # windows did not like the colons in the name, so changing to underscores and periods
+  fname=`mythname.pl --rep=. --subtitle $filename | tr : _ | tr ';.' .`.mpg
+  echo "Linking $filename to $fname"
+  ln -s $filename $fname
+done
+exit 0
+</code>
+  - Download everything to your PC with "Super" on it
+  - Use this ({{:computers:media:encoding:super_transcodearthursettings.png?64|}}) configuration for transcoding
+  - Dump all the files into SUPER and wait a very long time!
 ===== Mythtv to DVD =====