[mythtv-users] 0.25 mpeg2 lossless transcoding works again! hallelujah! except...

[Steven Adeff]

On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 2:02 AM, Michael T. Dean
<mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> On 03/13/2012 11:46 PM, Steven Adeff wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 10:41 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>> On 03/13/2012 10:14 PM, Steven Adeff wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>>>> On 03/13/2012 10:03 AM, Steven Adeff wrote:
>>>>>> ah! ok, I did install from mythbuntu with the correct "settings"
>>>>>> according to that wiki page. here is my mythtranscode output, sorry
>>>>>> for the page breaks, it's the best I can figure out how to do via
>>>>>> puTTY from work...
>>>>>>
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> Mar 12 19:29:01 mythbackend mythtranscode[21955]: N CoreContext transcode.cpp:73
>>>>>> 9 (GetProfile) Transcode: Looking for autodetect profile: Autodetect from 1080i
>>>>>> Mar 12 19:29:01 mythbackend mythtranscode[21955]: E CoreContext transcode.cpp:75
>>>>>> 7 (GetProfile) Transcode: Couldn't find profile for : MPEG-2
>>>>>> Mar 12 19:29:01 mythbackend mythtranscode[21955]: E CoreContext transcode.cpp:11
>>>>>> 78 (TranscodeFile) Transcoding aborted, no profile found.
>>>>>> Mar 12 19:29:01 mythbackend mythtranscode[21955]: E CoreContext main.cpp:636 (ma
>>>>>> in) Transcoding /media/myth/1/tv/8865_20120311150000.mpg failed
>>>>>>
>>>>> See ^^^
>>>> Ah, so I have to create a profile for lossless transcoding? I can't
>>>> for the life of me find where it is though?
>>> You need to create a transcoding profile for MPEG-2 and set it as the
>>> default for MPEG-2 and mark the checkbox for lossless transcoding to do
>>> a lossless transcode.  (And use your imagination to get from the very
>>> loose description of what you need to do to how to make it work--I don't
>>> remember the exact process.)
>> that's what I'm getting at, the old location
>> Utilities/Setup>Setup>TV Settings>Recording Profiles>Transcoders
>> no longer exists, and I can't find anything similar, I believe I've
>> gone through all the setup screens now available.
>> as best I can tell this is no longer possible in 0.25.
>
> I think it got moved to mythtv-setup because the backend does the
> transcodeing, so it's backend setup.  The upside is it makes more sense
> and allows users to configure even if they choose not to use a useful
> frontend, but the downside is you have to shut down mythbackend to
> change it.
>
> Mike

all that I see in mythtv-setup is the recording profiles for the
different tuner types.

the best I found in the commit list is someone who had essentially the
same issue, and a ticket about implementing custom profiles in 0.24.

I just can't find where this is now, or if it was accidentally removed
with the intent to move it elsewhere.


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Steve
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