[mythtv-users] mpeg decoder for mythcommflag

[Michael T. Dean]

On 12/10/2007 11:12 PM, Ken Mandelberg wrote:
> Actually this has been a long standing problem for me on certain 
> streams, particularly on Comcast firewire as opposed to Comcast HdHomerun.
>
> I submitted a ticket on the mythcommflag problem 3 months ago
>
> http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/3925
>
> Basically the seek table is off because it doesn't advance the offset on 
> decode errors of the form
>
> AFD: Opened codec 0x8da0310, id(MPEG2VIDEO) type(Video)
>
> The program plays fine sequentially, but skipping is off either manually 
> or via auto commercial skipping.
>
> I'm thinking a different decoder building the index or marking the 
> commercials would do better.

Have you tried mythtranscode --buildindex on the shows?  It tends to
handle some types of recordings--especially those from digital
sources--much better than mythcommflag.  If nothing else, knowing
whether it works properly on the shows would be a useful data point.

Mike