[mythtv-users] Losing audio on "lossless" transcode

[David Watkins]

> How can I get MythTV to do a lossless transcode on transport streams
> consisting of MPEG2 video and MP2 audio?  Neither MPEG2 nor MP2 show in
> the transcoder options.

Without wishing to dishearten you I haven't managed to find a single
transcoding profile that will work with all UK Freeview DVB-T
recordings.  What works for some recordings fails on others.  I
believe that it's down to the variety of audio and video encoding
times that are used.

Having said that I don't recall the lossless transcode producing files
without audio.  For me it errors just gives up on about 50% of the
programems I try, without producing a file.  It's not a random error
because some shows will always work while others always fail, so it's
something to do with the encoding.  Are you testing using recordings
from the same show or channel? If so you could try a different channel
to see if you have more luck.