There are a few things I've run into, and I thought I'd ask y'all as so far my research through the various Myth docs hasn't returned much.
1. Does its transcoding suck, or is it just me? I end up with files a bit bigger than the original mpg it saved. And I'm losing Dolby Digital audio. I can only choose mp3 or Uncompressed, and Uncompressed results in files that have no audio in VLC. The original mpg files sometimes play, and sometimes don't in VLC so I don't know if they are reliable, but I've seen DD in them, so I know it's there.
2. Anybody try using handbrake as a transcoding engine? I took one of those files through Handbrake, it converted it to mkv just fine. Is there a simple way to do this? I'm thinking that maybe making that a user job to execute after recording might work. I could always write a perl wrapper if necessary to fix the file naming.
3. How does one actually engage Myth's commercial removal automatically? I know it scans the files for commercials, but I see no option to remove them and their transcoding isn't doing that.
4. Somewhere, at some time, I found options regarding overscan, but I can't find them again. I find that it records a 4:3 image from an HD source the top of the image has a line or two of garbage.
5. I had an issue with downloading TV channel icons. It only grabs icons for channels that being with A-K. No Lifetime, MTV, Nickelodeon, etc. A bit annoying. I've found no one having that issue so far. I'm wondering if I can grab a pack of icons somewhere and drop them in the appropriate directory and do a rescan. Anyone have any issues with this?
Thanks guys. I'm finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel with this project. If I can get XBMC to work as a frontend with Myth, and also set up a second machine with the front end, then I'll be able to put a TV in downstairs that is nowhere near a coax connection and still give it live TV as well as all sorts of other stuff. I'm getting a little emotional just thinking about it.
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