[mythtv-users] Mytharchive issues (yet AGAIN!)

John Drescher drescherjm at gmail.com
Fri Apr 24 00:57:46 UTC 2009


On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 7:37 PM, Harry Devine <lifter89 at comcast.net> wrote:
> I have a recording that I want to archive on DVD.  For some reason,
> mytharchive just isn't cooperating.  The recording was made off of my
> digital pcHDTV550 card (the DVB side).  At first I tried using the
> mytranscode script that Rod Smith wrote, and that I've used before, but the
> audio was about 30 seconds ahead of the video no matter what I tried.  The
> thread that I followed a few months ago concerning that can be found at
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/361593?search_string=mytranscode;#361593.
>
> So, I figured I'd try the stock mytharchive.  No matter what I told it to do
> for transcoding (SP, EP, or LP), the process would fail with the following:
>
> Unknown encoder 'mpeg2video'
> ************************************************************
> ERROR: Failed while running ffmpeg to re-encode video.
> Command was ffmpeg -threads 2 -v 1 -i
> "/storage/recordings/3131_20090421000600.mpg" -r ntsc -target dvd -b 4771k
> -s 720x480 -acodec copy -copyts -aspect 16:9
> "/storage/temp/work/1/newfile2.mpg" -map 0:0 -map 0:1
> ************************************************************
>
> The last thing that I tried was to use the "do not transcode" option.  This
> process completed but when I burn the DVD and try to watch it, it is only 10
> seconds long.  So what do I have to do to get a valid DVD of this recording?
>  I can post logs if anyone wants to see them (mythburn.log or progress.log).
>  I've had nothing but issues with Mytharchive, which should be a seemless
> process IMO.
>

I would try the projectx option.

John


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