Transcoding HD Channels on the MVP

[Fuzzy]

I have an MVP, in my bedroom, and I love it, but my problem is the fact that a lot of our programming is recorded from my Fusion5, and is in HD. Is there a way to get the sage server to transcode these files like it transcodes other formats? Currently, these shows are unwatchable in the bedroom, which is really unforunate.

Anyone?

Fuzzy

[Narflex]

Set the property: mmc/encode_digital_tv_as_program_stream=false

and that should do it.

[Fuzzy]

Thanks for the quick reply Narflex... Now it appears I just need more horsepower on my server... Video is pretty choppy.

[Dekard]

Originally Posted by Fuzzy

Thanks for the quick reply Narflex... Now it appears I just need more horsepower on my server... Video is pretty choppy.

I believe they are recommending 3 ghz at least for transcoding HD signals.

[NEOSG]

Originally Posted by Narflex

Set the property: mmc/encode_digital_tv_as_program_stream=false

and that should do it.

This seems to break the ability to watch the same files via a placeshifter connection. Is there something that can be done to be able to watch HD recorded TS or MPG files on both a MVP and a placeshifter connection?

Thanks in advance

[Fuzzy]

Any chance of implementing some re-encoding tricks, ala ReMPEG2 to downsize the video? It seems to be so much faster than using installed codecs to decode/encode the mpeg2 stream, that it may allow for use on weaker systems (like my measly athlon 2500+)

[Dekard]

Originally Posted by Fuzzy

Any chance of implementing some re-encoding tricks, ala ReMPEG2 to downsize the video? It seems to be so much faster than using installed codecs to decode/encode the mpeg2 stream, that it may allow for use on weaker systems (like my measly athlon 2500+)

the original mpeg2 stream is generated from an analog signal, so you've got a A - D conversion... Your talking about a D - D conversion and the hardware simply isn't there.... Unless you took a decoded mpeg2 stream from the video card and feed it to the Tuner card... That would take a ton of bandwidth on the PCI bus though..

EDIT: Scratch that. You are still lacking a d-d convertor in the encoder card. It wouldn't work without tremendous hacks.

[Fuzzy]

That's not what I was talking about.. I was refering to ReMPEG2, a softwre program, that can transcode MPEG2 to MPEG2, recompressing/scaling the video, but not ever fully decoding it. It keeps the same IPB frame structures and things, and is faster than conventional decode/encode methods.