[mythtv-users] Mytharchive errors

[Rod Smith]

On Thursday 11 December 2008 09:20:56 pm Harry Devine wrote:
> Rod Smith wrote:
> > For *ME*, the script I wrote (and that you've got), which uses mencoder,
> > does a better job than MythArchive's transcoding. I can't promise it'll
> > work better for you, though; there are just too many variables at play to
> > be sure what'll work best.
>
> I finally go around to trying your script.  I had to go and download
> midentify, rename it from midentify.sh to midentify and make it 555.
> After I run the script and answer the questions, I get "Error parsing
> option on the command line: -o".  Here's the output (I may have answered
> some questions wrong, just based on my own lack of understanding or just
> flat-out guessing!):
>
> hdevine at hdevine-desktop:/usr/bin$ sudo mytranscode
> Transcode script. Input file is  and output file is

You've got to pass the script the input and output filenames, as in:

mytranscode foo.nuv bar.mpg

-- 
Rod Smith