[mythtv-users] Mythbuntu 12.04 - Out-of-Box Transcode does not work

[Kingsley Turner]

On 25/06/12 08:24, Kingsley Turner wrote:
>
> I recently clean-installed my Mythbuntu to 12.04 ...
>
> Anyway... one thing that isn't working is transcoding TV shows.
>
> How do I set about debugging this?
>

Of I found the log in /var/log/mythtv/mythtranscode.log ~

Jun 25 09:50:46 mediabox mythtranscode[6860]: N CoreContext main.cpp:540 
(main) Transcoding from /var/lib/mythtv/recordings/1033_20120624160000.mpg 
to /var/lib/mythtv/recordings/1033_20120624160000.mpg.tmp
Jun 25 09:50:46 mediabox mythtranscode[6860]: I CoreContext 
avformatdecoder.cpp:2100 (ScanStreams) AFD: Opened codec 0x1407e40, 
id(MPEG2VIDEO) type(Video)
Jun 25 09:50:46 mediabox mythtranscode[6860]: I CoreContext 
avformatdecoder.cpp:1958 (ScanStreams) AFD: codec MP2 has 2 channels
Jun 25 09:50:46 mediabox mythtranscode[6860]: I CoreContext 
avformatdecoder.cpp:2100 (ScanStreams) AFD: Opened codec 0x140c7a0, id(MP2) 
type(Audio)
Jun 25 09:50:46 mediabox mythtranscode[6860]: N CoreContext 
audioplayer.cpp:167 (ReinitAudio) AudioPlayer: Enabling Audio
Jun 25 09:50:46 mediabox mythtranscode[6860]: I CoreContext 
transcode.cpp:965 (TranscodeFile) Honoring the cutlist while transcoding
Jun 25 09:50:46 mediabox mythtranscode[6860]: I CoreContext 
transcode.cpp:998 (TranscodeFile) Cutlist        : 
0-3609,30985-34851,50839-53202,69061-71411,86917-93624
Jun 25 09:50:46 mediabox mythtranscode[6860]: I CoreContext 
transcode.cpp:1000 (TranscodeFile) Original Length: 93624 frames
Jun 25 09:50:46 mediabox mythtranscode[6860]: I CoreContext 
transcode.cpp:1002 (TranscodeFile) New Length     : 74729 frames
Jun 25 09:50:46 mediabox mythtranscode[6860]: N CoreContext 
transcode.cpp:789 (GetProfile) Transcode: Looking for autodetect profile: 
Autodetect from 576i
Jun 25 09:50:46 mediabox mythtranscode[6860]: I ProgramInfoUpdater 
mythcorecontext.cpp:371 (ConnectCommandSocket) MythCoreContext: Connecting 
to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 1)
Jun 25 09:50:46 mediabox mythtranscode[6860]: I ProgramInfoUpdater 
mythcorecontext.cpp:1178 (CheckProtoVersion) Using protocol version 72
Jun 25 09:50:46 mediabox mythtranscode[6860]: N CoreContext 
transcode.cpp:814 (GetProfile) Transcode: Using autodetect profile: MPEG2
Jun 25 09:50:46 mediabox mythtranscode[6860]: E CoreContext 
transcode.cpp:1357 (TranscodeFile) No video information found!
Jun 25 09:50:46 mediabox mythtranscode[6860]: E CoreContext 
transcode.cpp:1359 (TranscodeFile) Please ensure that recording profiles for 
the transcoder are set
Jun 25 09:50:46 mediabox mythtranscode[6860]: E CoreContext main.cpp:681 
(main) Transcoding /var/lib/mythtv/recordings/1033_20120624160000.mpg failed
Jun 25 09:50:46 mediabox mythtranscode[6860]: N CoreContext main.cpp:775 
(WaitToDelete) Transcode: delete old file: waiting while program is in use.
Jun 25 09:50:46 mediabox mythtranscode[6860]: N CoreContext main.cpp:807 
(WaitToDelete) Transcode: program is no longer in use.
Jun 25 09:50:46 mediabox mythtranscode[6860]: N CoreContext main.cpp:1039 
(CompleteJob) Deleting /var/lib/mythtv/recordings/1033_20120624160000.mpg.tmp
Jun 25 09:50:46 mediabox mythtranscode[6860]: N CoreContext main.cpp:706 
(transUnlink) Requesting delete for file 
'myth://Default@[::1]:6543/1033_20120624160000.mpg.tmp'.
Jun 25 09:50:46 mediabox mythtranscode[6860]: N CoreContext main.cpp:712 
(transUnlink) Deleting file 
'/var/lib/mythtv/recordings/1033_20120624160000.mpg.tmp'.
Jun 25 09:50:46 mediabox mythtranscode[6860]: I CoreContext 
mythcontext.cpp:1115 (~MythContext) Waiting for threads to exit.

What is "No Video Information Found!" caused by?
Is it something I need to configure?

Guess I'll go trawl though mythtv-setup looking for options.

cheers,
-kt
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