[mythtv-users] 4:3cco MPEG2->MPEG2 transcoding

[Michael T. Dean]

On 12/07/2007 03:36 AM, Darren Hart wrote:
> Is it possible to have mythtv automatically crop all my 4:3 content as it is 
> being recorded and transcode it into a 16:9 stream?  I use PVRx50 cards and 
> my frontend is a media mvp, so the resulting stream must still be mpeg2.  
>
> I can zoom in on the video with the TV, but that forces the media mvp osd off 
> screen, and switching back and forth is just annoying.  If I could transcode 
> all my content to 16:9 (cropped 4:3) I can just leave the TV in 16:9 mode and 
> get on with it.

Nope.  You'll have to transcode afterwards, but doing so in Myth will
put it into, i.e. MPEG-4, in an NUV container, so that probably won't
work for you.

In the future, we will have the ability to transcode into additional
formats, including MPEG-2 in an MPEG Systems Program Stream, so... Chris
Pinkham is working on the changes, but there is a lot of work involved,
so don't expect it soon (perhaps not even for 0.21).

Mike