[mythtv-users] Program information after Mythtranscode

[peper03 at yahoo.com]

--- On Mon, 5/14/12, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:

> > After transcoding, the duration shown in the 'Watch
> recordings' screen is still the old duration.  Is this
> currently just calculated from the start and end times of
> the original recording?
> 
> I'd guess so--since until we actually start up a player, we
> don't have 
> stream information.

Hmm, ok.  I thought the duration would maybe be stored in the database like the filesize.

> > Also, transcoding strips the subtitles from the DVB-S
> stream.  Although I'd rather keep them, I can live
> without them.  However, the 'subtitles available' icon
> is still shown.  Is there any way of some how
> re-parsing the file to update the database with the new
> contents?
> 
> Subtitles available comes from program listings, not from
> the actual 
> recording/streams available.

Would it not make sense to be able to run something to update the database with the actual contents of the recording (like 'mythcommflag --rebuild' does with the seektable)?  That's not meant to be taken as 'implement it', more 'surely I'm not the only one who wants the metadata to reflect reality'?

A tool to rebuild the metadata would potentially help anyone who has incorrect data in the program listings (don't know if many people have that problem).

Richard.