I had a working analog setup of the MVPMC, MythTV (.24), and the Hauptpage PVR-350. I use the MVPMC(s) hooked to the TV(s) to watch shows recorded on MythTV. When Time Warner changed over to digital, that unsurprisingly no longer worked.
Now I've got the HDHomeRun Connect configured using OTA and and recording to MYthTV. If I pull the video file off and watch it manually, it works fine.
If I try to view the video through the MVPMC, the MVPMC reboots. I suspect the problem is that the encoding on the .mpg file in MythTV isn't transcoded (?) correctly for the MVPMC.
What I'd like to be able to do is automatically transcode(?) the video after it records so that the MVPMC works. After a lot of digging around, I still can't puzzle out:
-How is the data encoded that I'm getting from the HDHomeRunConnect
-How can I change that encoding so that it will play on the MVPMC
HDHomeRun Connect and MVPMC
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At this point I've figured out I need to transcode the HD video to get it such that the mvpmc can play it. The bitrate has to be less that 12 Mbps (because the mvpmc can't handle that), the video codec has to be mpeg2, and the audio codec has to be mpeg2, not ac3.
To do that I need either ffmpeg or mencoder.
That seems like it needs to be something like:
ffmpeg -i 2111_20151025133000.mpg -b 6000k -r 59.94 -ac 2 -ab 384k -s 720x480 -acodec mp2 2111_20151025133000_1.mpg
where:
-b 6000k sets the bitrate to 6000k
-r 59.94 sets the frame rate to 59.94 from the current 119. (Hmm, I"ll bet that needs to be 29.97)
-ab 384k sets the audio bitrate to 384k
-s 720x480 sets the video resolution to 720x480
-acodec mp2 sets the audio codec to mp2
-ac 2 I think merges the two audio tracks?
The file type before I meddle with it is:
Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 119.88 (120000/1001) -> 59.94 (120000/2002)
Input #0, mpeg, from '/tmp/2111_20151025133000.mpg':
Duration: 00:21:05.29, start: 0.360000, bitrate: 9693 kb/s
Stream #0.0[0x1e0]: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 1280x720 [PAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 24000 kb/s, 59.94 tbr, 90k tbn, 119.88 tbc
Stream #0.1[0x80]: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1, s16, 384 kb/s
Stream #0.2[0x81]: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 192 kb/s
The result of that command gives me slightly jittery video that plays on the mvpmc with no audio. Can anyone point me to tweaks for that command to get things to run on the mvpmc.
To do that I need either ffmpeg or mencoder.
That seems like it needs to be something like:
ffmpeg -i 2111_20151025133000.mpg -b 6000k -r 59.94 -ac 2 -ab 384k -s 720x480 -acodec mp2 2111_20151025133000_1.mpg
where:
-b 6000k sets the bitrate to 6000k
-r 59.94 sets the frame rate to 59.94 from the current 119. (Hmm, I"ll bet that needs to be 29.97)
-ab 384k sets the audio bitrate to 384k
-s 720x480 sets the video resolution to 720x480
-acodec mp2 sets the audio codec to mp2
-ac 2 I think merges the two audio tracks?
The file type before I meddle with it is:
Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 119.88 (120000/1001) -> 59.94 (120000/2002)
Input #0, mpeg, from '/tmp/2111_20151025133000.mpg':
Duration: 00:21:05.29, start: 0.360000, bitrate: 9693 kb/s
Stream #0.0[0x1e0]: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 1280x720 [PAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 24000 kb/s, 59.94 tbr, 90k tbn, 119.88 tbc
Stream #0.1[0x80]: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1, s16, 384 kb/s
Stream #0.2[0x81]: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 192 kb/s
The result of that command gives me slightly jittery video that plays on the mvpmc with no audio. Can anyone point me to tweaks for that command to get things to run on the mvpmc.