[mythtv-users] MythExport - iPod Touch / iPhone Settings

Nicolas Will nico at youplala.net
Sun Apr 25 07:31:31 UTC 2010


On Sun, 2010-04-25 at 08:24 +0100, Nicolas Will wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 2010-04-25 at 02:00 -0500, Douglas Wagner wrote:
> > So I FINALLY worked through all of my problems with MythExport
> > tonight, managed to get the software installed (mysql server upgrade
> > from 5.0 -> 5.1 + adding procedures = fail), got the web stuff
> > working, and now I'm trying to transcode a recording to test.  The
> > full output of the ffmpeg run is below...the end result is it's
> > blowing up during the export pretty much immediately with "Error
> while
> > opening codec for output stream #0.1 - maybe incorrect parameters
> such
> > as bit_rate, rate, width or height"
> > 
> > Also tried with -ab 192kb instead of -ab 448kb to the same problem.
> > 
> > I need help BADLY.  I'm T-10 days from a 15 hour car trip to
> Grandma's
> > house with an 8 year old and a 6 year old and so help me my wife
> will
> > make sure I'm tortured as much as she is if the kids have nothing to
> > do on the way out. :)
> > 
> > Both of them have iPod Touches, I'm working with an iPhone 3G (not
> the
> > S).  I'd like to get something to export to a playable format so I
> can
> > test/verify the iTunes settings and start exporting programs ASAP.
> > Note, this isn't streaming, this is simple export and download via
> > iTunes (well, simple export, I can't even get a file to try
> > downloading).
> 
> I'm surprised that there are not many people using HandBrakeCLI, as it
> just takes anything and it spits something directly usable by Apple
> products:
> 
> http://handbrake.fr/
> 
> ./HandBrakeCLI -i <source.whatever> -o <destination>.mp4
> --preset="iPhone & iPod Touch"
> 
> Ubuntu/Mythbuntu 10.04 user will want to use the latest snapshot if
> they
> want something that works. 

Forgot:

https://edge.launchpad.net/~stebbins/+archive/handbrake-snapshots

Nico



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