[mythtv-users] How to obtain an exported file of a recording with the cutlist observed?

[scram69]

On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Bernard Giannetti
<thebernmeister at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to take a recording in MythTV with a defined cutlist and that
> has been transcoded (automatically as part of MythTV) and obtain a file (in
> say MPG format) which I can watch outside of MythTV.  I know the cutlist and
> transcoding has been performed because if I watch the recording, the cut
> bits are skipped.  However, the recording itself is still in original
> (uncut) form.
>
> I am using Mythbuntu 9.10, upgraded to Myth 0.23-fixes.
>
> Is there a way to obtain my cut (reduced size) file for external to MythTV
> use, either via the Frontend or using scripts/commands in a terminal?
>
> I have tried using MythArchive to export the file.  What I get is the
> original uncut/unmodified recording and an XML file (presumably containing a
> cutlist).  Is it possible to take this and produce what I want using a
> simple command line operation?
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Bernard.
>


You should be able to use mythtranscode --mpeg2 --honorcutlist.
However, to work around the bug, you must use the -c -s options to
specify the recording file, as opposed to the -i option.  Then use -o
to name the reduced size file whatever you want...