[mythtv-users] Encoding error while archive/burning dvd

[Paul Harrison]

Mike Adolf wrote:
> After my attempt at archive/burning a dvd from a recording, I looked
> at the log and found that this command errored
>
> ------------------
> ffmpeg -threads 2 -v 1 -i
> "/home/madolf/mythtv/temp/work/1/newfile.mpg" -r ntsc -target dvd -b
> 4771k -s 720x480 -acodec copy -copyts -aspect 16:9
> "/home/madolf/mythtv/temp/work/1/newfile2.mpg" -map 0:0 -map 0:1
> ------------------
>
> I entered the command manually in a terminal and got the following
> output and error.
> -----------------
> FFmpeg version r11872+debian_3:0.svn20080206-12ubuntu3.1, Copyright
> (c) 2000-2008 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
>  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-pp --enable-swscaler
> --enable-x11grab --prefix=/usr --enable-libgsm --enable-libtheora
> --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads --disable-strip --enable-libfaad
> --enable-libfaadbin --enable-liba52 --enable-liba52bin
> --enable-libdc1394 --disable-armv5te --disable-armv6 --disable-altivec
> --disable-vis --enable-shared --disable-static
>  libavutil version: 49.6.0
>  libavcodec version: 51.50.0
>  libavformat version: 52.7.0
>  libavdevice version: 52.0.0
>  built on Mar 13 2009 17:48:10, gcc: 4.3.2
>
> Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate:
> 29.97 (30000/1001) -> 59.94 (60000/1001)
> Input #0, mpeg, from '/home/madolf/mythtv/temp/work/1/newfile.mpg':
>  Duration: 00:59:56.1, start: 0.360000, bitrate: 12424 kb/s
>    Stream #0.0[0x1e0]: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 1920x1080 [PAR 1:1
> DAR 16:9], 17377 kb/s, 59.94 tb(r)
>    Stream #0.1[0x80]: Audio: liba52, 48000 Hz, 5:1, 384 kb/s
> Assuming NTSC for target.
> Unknown encoder 'mpeg2video'
> ---------------------
>
> The log also said the the encode profile was from
> /usr/local/share/mythtv/mytharchive/encoder_profile/ffmpeg_dvd_ntsc.xml/
>
> I don't know what much of this means!
> Any Ideas?
>
> Mike

ffmpeg have a nasty habit of making changes that break things that use
it like the script behind MythArchive. They often change parameter names
and codec names :-(

What does 'ffmpeg -formats | grep mpeg' show?

Paul H.