[mythtv-users] Using mythtranscode To Remove Commercials Via the Frontend

[Drew Tomlinson]

I've been fiddling with mythtranscode this morning but am not getting 
it.  I have a cutlist and want to actually remove the commercials using 
the lossless transcode feature of mythtranscode.  I've basically 
followed the manual instructions on the wiki here:

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php?title=Removing_Commercials#Transcoding_Recordings

In the backend log I have this output at the end of a transcode job:

2008-04-28 13:04:32.601 Id:2 00:33:23.772 V:191 EXT: 191
2008-04-28 13:04:32.674 Id:2 00:33:23.796 V:191 EXT: 190
2008-04-28 13:04:32.849 Generating Keyframe Index
2008-04-28 13:04:32.867 Opening /tv/record/1300_20080422212900.mpg.tmp
2008-04-28 13:04:32.956 Input #0, mpeg, from 
'/tv/record/1300_20080422212900.mpg.tmp':
2008-04-28 13:04:33.035   Duration: 00:33:23.9, start: 0.360000, 
bitrate: 4664 kb/s
2008-04-28 13:04:33.069     Stream #0.0[0x1e0]: Video: mpeg2video, 
yuv420p, 720x480 [PAR 8:9 DAR 4:3], 6000 kb/s, 29.97 tb(r)
2008-04-28 13:04:33.109     Stream #0.1[0x1c0]: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, 
stereo, 192 kb/s
2008-04-28 13:05:27.203 Transcode Completed
2008-04-28 13:05:28.644 Transcoding /tv/record/1300_20080422212900.mpg done
2008-04-28 13:05:29.025 JobQueue: Transcode Errored: Home Improvement 
"Off Sides": Autodetect (exit status 0, job status was "Starting")

I am confused because the transcode completes correctly and I find the 
*.tmp file.  So why does the log say "Transcode Errored"?  And I 
expected the newly transcoded file to replace the original.  Is this 
what's supposed to happen?  I manually moved one of the *mpg.tmp files 
to *.mpg and it plays OK.  However the cutlist still remained and I had 
to edit to remove all cutpoints before the file would play properly.

So what am  I missing?  I want to be able to edit a recording, adjust 
the cutpoints, and then start a transcode job from the frontend to 
remove the commercials.

Thanks,

Drew

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