[mythtv-users] Transcode error 255

[Jim Stichnoth]

On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 6:57 AM, Brad DerManouelian
<myth at dermanouelian.com>wrote:

> On Nov 6, 2008, at 6:52 AM, shacky wrote:
>
> > Hi.
> > If I try to transcode a registration made from Mythweb I get this
> > error:
> >
> > Transcode (Errored: Thu Oct 30, 2008, 09:28 AM)
> > exit status 255, job status was "Errored"
> >
> > Now the registration is 6,7Gb and I want it to become compressed to
> > fit less space on my hard disk and to let me to burn it to a CD-ROM.
> >
> > What's the problem? Could you help me please?
>
> You have to look in the backend log and hope there's something there
> that can tell you more than "Errored"
> Based on the file size, I would look is to see if your disk is full.
>

Another possibility is that when looking in the backend log, you may find
that it can't find a transcoder called "Autodetect from 1080i" or something
similar.  In that case, you can create a new transcoder profile with that
name.

Jim
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