[mythtv-users] Transcoding Proglems With ffmpeg

[Dewey Smolka]

On 9/26/06, Brad Fuller <bradallenfuller at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Stuart Larson wrote:
> >> I'm an Ubuntu user and can't transcode. I read that this is due to a
> >> problem with the default version of ffmpeg, so I compiled the latest
> >> SVN code from source.  Here's the configure command that I used:
> >>
> >>     ./configure --enable-mp3lame --enable-libogg --enable-vorbis \
> >>     > --enable-faad --enable-faac --enable-libgsm --enable-xvid \
> >>     > --enable-gpl
> >>
> >> This successfully installed ffmpeg under /usr/local/bin.  I then
> >> deleted the Ubuntu version so that MythTv would be sure to pick the
> >> right version.
> >>
> >> THe problem is that I'm getting the following error message in my
> >> mythbackend log file when I try and transcode:
> >>
> >>     2006-09-26 21:22:57.513 Transcoding from
> >> /var/lib/mythtv//1003_20060924200000_20060924203000.nuv to
> >> /var/lib/mythtv//1003_20060924200000_20060924203000.nuv.tmp
> >>     2006-09-26 21:22:57.802 Unknown video codec:
> >>     2006-09-26 21:22:57.819 Transcoding
> >> /var/lib/mythtv//1003_20060924200000_20060924203000.nuv failed
> >>     2006-09-26 21:22:57.829 Deleting
> >> /var/lib/mythtv//1003_20060924200000_20060924203000.nuv.tmp
> >>

Most likely your problem is that you haven't set, or have improperly
set transcoding parameters in your FE, Utilities/Setup -> Setup -> TV
Settings -> Recording Profiles
-> Transcoders.

You can find your current transcode settings by running the SQL command:
mysql> select r.* from recordingprofiles r,profilegroups p where
p.name='Transcoders' and p.id=r.profilegroup;