Encoding of TV programmes...

[stephen]

Hi guys, first of all thanks for maintaining this  wonderfully useful 
application, it is a lifesaver! I use it mostly for radio, to listen later in 
my truck when working. Sometimes, however I would like to record TV to a 
thumbdrive . The problem is (I guess) really with my TV, it recognises that a 
Video file is there, but won't play it. I have to re-encode it which takes 
hours and hours (and hours!) Here is the 'instructions' for the TV: 
http://wstaw.org/m/2013/02/28/plasma-desktopfk3286.png  Is there a way to tell 
get_iplayer to record TV directly to a format that my old TV can 'see' and 
play without having to post-process? If not, could you suggest some ffmpg 
settings (or other encoding app) which would do it reasonably quickly? I use 
WinFF at present, but I am not sure exactly which ffmpg parameters it uses, 
just that it takes a very loong time! I would be glad to report the settings, 
but  can't find a log file for winFF anywhere.. I use opensuse 12.2