[mythtv-users] 1hr show == 66 minutes?

[Andrew Gallatin]

James Armstrong [james at thearmstrongs.org] wrote:
> 
> Andrew Gallatin wrote:
> > Andy Rabin [andy.rabin at gmail.com] wrote:
> > 
> >>I've been seeing this as well.  I did a search on the forum, and found
> >>similar problems that seemed to be fixed by doing an error check on
> >>the mythconverg database, and then re-commercial flagging the shows. 
> >>After doing all that, my problem did not go away, so I'm very curious
> >>to see what may fix this, as it has essentially broken the commercial
> >>flagging.  BTW, I get variation now anywhere from 30 min to 1 1/2 hrs
> >>for a 1 hr show.
> > 
> > 
> > Its nice to know I'm not alone.  Maybe the problem only strikes people
> > named "Andrew" ;)
> > 
> > Are you also running an air2pc?  Or are you recording from some other
> > source?  My errors seem to be a fairly consistent at either 10% too
> > small, or 10% too large.  Never as much as yours.
> > 
> > Hoping it was a database issue, I rebuilt from a more recent CVS (the
> > old build I had been running was just after the commit in late
> > Feb. which "invisibly" changed how myth does database connections).  
> > A show recorded and flagged after my rebuild was still off by 10%.
> > 
> > If you figure this out, please let me know.  I'll do the same for you..
> > 
> > Drew
> 
> I noticed a problem like this when I first started recording HD shows. I 
> think it may be related to myth using the framerate / total frames to 
> determine the length of the show. My HD shows have the actual show 
> recorded at 24fps and the commercials at 30fps and based on that the 
> show length would be calculated wrong. I think my shows were coming in 
> around 53 minutes.

Ah!  That makes perfect sense.  Did you ever find a workaround for it,
or do you just live with it?

Thanks,

Drew