[mythtv] Ticket #3394: GPL FLV Player for MythWeb

[Asher]

On 8/1/07, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> Look at your httpd logs (you may have to disable the null redirect on
> the ffmpeg command to see the error message).  IIRC, there's an error
> from ffmpeg; however, it's one that someone with a really beefy backend
> is going to have to fix.  My Athlon XP 2400+ won't even play back an
> HDTV recording in real-time, let alone transcode it.
>
> Mike

Actually I just tried testing some non-hd stuff items on my system and
even they don't work:

[Wed Aug 01 09:19:33 2007] [error] [client *REMOVED*] FFmpeg version
SVN-rUNKNOWN, Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
[Wed Aug 01 09:19:33 2007] [error] [client *REMOVED*]   configuration:
--prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib --shlibdir=/usr/lib
--mandir=/usr/share/man --enable-static --enable-shared
--cc=i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc --disable-altivec --disable-debug
--disable-audio-oss --disable-opts --enable-libmp3lame
--enable-libvorbis --enable-libogg --enable-liba52 --enable-dc1394
--enable-xvid --enable-x11grab --enable-libogg --enable-libdts
--enable-x264 --enable-libfaad --enable-libfaac --enable-gpl
--enable-pp --disable-strip
[Wed Aug 01 09:19:33 2007] [error] [client *REMOVED*]   libavutil
version: 49.4.0
[Wed Aug 01 09:19:33 2007] [error] [client *REMOVED*]   libavcodec
version: 51.40.2
[Wed Aug 01 09:19:33 2007] [error] [client *REMOVED*]   libavformat
version: 51.11.0
[Wed Aug 01 09:19:33 2007] [error] [client *REMOVED*]   built on Jun
30 2007 14:55:03, gcc: 4.1.1 (Gentoo 4.1.1-r3)
[Wed Aug 01 09:19:33 2007] [error] [client *REMOVED*] Input #0,
mpegts, from '/tv/3054_20070801022900.mpg':
[Wed Aug 01 09:19:33 2007] [error] [client *REMOVED*]   Duration:
00:31:24.0, start: 85671.497689, bitrate: 2530 kb/s
[Wed Aug 01 09:19:33 2007] [error] [client *REMOVED*]   Stream
#0.0[0x941]: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 704x480, 15000 kb/s, 29.97
fps(r)
[Wed Aug 01 09:19:33 2007] [error] [client *REMOVED*]   Stream
#0.1[0x942]: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s
[Wed Aug 01 09:19:33 2007] [error] [client *REMOVED*] Output #0, flv,
to '/dev/stdout':
[Wed Aug 01 09:19:33 2007] [error] [client *REMOVED*]   Stream #0.0:
Video: flv, yuv420p, 320x240, q=2-31, 440 kb/s, 24.00 fps(c)
[Wed Aug 01 09:19:33 2007] [error] [client *REMOVED*]   Stream #0.1:
Audio: mp3, 11025 Hz, stereo, 64 kb/s
[Wed Aug 01 09:19:33 2007] [error] [client *REMOVED*] Stream mapping:
[Wed Aug 01 09:19:33 2007] [error] [client *REMOVED*]   Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
[Wed Aug 01 09:19:33 2007] [error] [client *REMOVED*]   Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
[Wed Aug 01 09:19:33 2007] [error] [client *REMOVED*] No accelerated
IMDCT transform found
[Wed Aug 01 09:19:33 2007] [error] [client *REMOVED*] Press [q] to stop encoding
[Wed Aug 01 09:19:33 2007] [error] [client *REMOVED*] frame=    0 fps=
 0 q=0.0 size=       0kB time=5.1 bitrate=   0.4kbits/s    \r

other items do stream just fine though, I think it has to do with the
source of the recordings (I have ivtv pvr500, pcHDTV 5500, and
firewire)