Transcode Trouble

[Super J]

When I set mythtv up to auto-transcode and remove commercials it converts the mpeg2 file to a nuv file.

How can I set it up to automatically flag and remove commercials, without converting the file format?

[volkswagner]

Why do you want to remove the commercials? Maybe mytharchive is what you are after (if you just want to keep the file w/o commercials)?

[Super J]

I solved it. All I had to do was check lossless transcoding int he configuration. The reason I wanted to remove the commercials is because I am watching the videos on non-mythtv frontends. (IE, windows pc, xbox).

[volkswagner]

Gotcha.

Have you tried mythtvplayer for windows. There is not a nice UI. But it works well for some. It may save some overhead on your master, as comm flag works pretty well. Live tv also works, may be a little buggy still.

Just FYI.

Cheers, glad you got it sorted.