[mythtv-users] Problem with mythrename.pl and DVB Radio Recordings

[Michael T. Dean]

On 01/30/2008 12:21 PM, Ian Barton wrote:
> I am not sure if this has always been a problem, or I have only just 
> found out about it. I am running the latest svn of MythTV

I'm assuming you mean the "latest" (which really means "recent" ;) SVN 
trunk.

>  and have 
> noticed that mythrename was getting "stuck" on certain programs.
>
> Running mythrename.pl --verbose --link /mylinks_dir
>
> I can see that when it reaches a radio recording it simply "hangs", with 
> no errors or other output. These are recordings made from UK DVB Freview 
> radio channels.
>
> If I delete the recorded radio programs, mythrename works as expected. 
> It's not just one particular program, but seems to happen with any radio 
> recording.

What happens when you apply the attached patch to mythrename.pl?  Note:  
It is not meant as a solution to your problem (thus the name), but 
should help identify if the problem is what I think it may be.  It 
simply disables the "filetype" check (which is currently performed using 
mplayer).

You should be able to apply the patch by going into the directory 
containing mythrename.pl (or a copy of mythrename.pl) and issuing the 
command:

patch -Np1 -i /path/to/mythtv-mythrename_filetype_hack.patch

Note that once the patch is applied all your links will have the ".mpg" 
extension--even those that refer to NUV files.  This is unimportant 
unless you're using the links with a broken OS that relies on filename 
extensions to figure out a file's content type.

If the patch allows mythrename.pl to succeed, please reply with the 
output of:

mplayer -v -v -v -v -nolirc -nojoystick \
        -vo null -ao null -frames 1 \
        -identify '/path/to/radio_recording.mpg' 2>&1 |
  tee ~/mplayer_identify_radio_output

This can be used to "fix" the bindings to work on radio streams.

Thanks,
Mike
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