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Subject: Thanks and a suggestion
I absolutely love MythTv Player. It's a great way to watch my recorded shows on my computer. I have a suggestion, which really stems from my frustration trying to get any transcoding programs to work in MythBuntu (I've probably spent a good 8 hours tinkering trying to get it to work). I've tried directions on all sorts of sites, I've recompiled ffmpeg to include support for file systems like xvid or h264 and yet I'm still not able to get it to succesfully transcode any recorded programs. It seems the CODEC install process in Windows is much easier, so I am wondering how much more work would it be to be able to include a transcode option in MythTVPlayer. I was able to download a program, Videora IPOD Convertor, that worked right away once I installed. Based on the console view of that program I believe it is just a front end for ffmpeg, so it would seem like an reltively easy addition to MythTVPlayer to add support for transcoding. Just a friendly suggestion to a great program!