[mythtv-users] transcoding fails

[Daryl McDonald]

On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Sebastian Niehaus <niehaus at web.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> I have some recordings I wanted to burn on DVD which works fine. But to
> use the cutlist I think I need to transcode before. And transcoding fails:
>
> This is the log:
>
>
> http://pastebin.com/BLjtUbNb
>
> or for those who do not want to read pastebin:
>
>
> Dec 23 20:32:33 ceramic  mythbackend[3475]: I HouseKeeping
> housekeeper.cpp:221 (RunHouseKeeping) Running housekeeping thread
> Dec 23 20:35:32 ceramic  mythbackend[3475]: E ProcessRequest
> programinfo.cpp:2284 (GetPlaybackURL)
> ProgramInfo(29007_20120531200000.mpg): GetPlaybackURL:
> '29007_20120531200000.mpg' should be local, but it can not be found.
> Dec 23 20:36:04 ceramic  mythbackend[3475]: I Transcode_3436
> jobqueue.cpp:1991 (DoTranscodeThread) JobQueue: Transcode Beginnt for
> "James Bond 007 - Ein Quantum Trost":"Spielfilm Großbritannien / USA
> 2008 (Quantum of Solace)": High Quality (5.2 GB)
> Dec 23 20:36:05 ceramic  mythbackend[3475]: I ProcessRequest
> mainserver.cpp:1395 (HandleAnnounce) MainServer::ANN Monitor
> Dec 23 20:36:05 ceramic  mythbackend[3475]: I ProcessRequest
> mainserver.cpp:1397 (HandleAnnounce) adding: ceramic as a client (events: 0)
> Dec 23 20:36:05 ceramic  mythbackend[3475]: I ProcessRequest
> mainserver.cpp:1395 (HandleAnnounce) MainServer::ANN Monitor
> Dec 23 20:36:05 ceramic  mythbackend[3475]: I ProcessRequest
> mainserver.cpp:1397 (HandleAnnounce) adding: ceramic as a client (events: 1)
> Dec 23 20:36:05 ceramic  mythbackend[3475]: E ProcessRequest
> mainserver.cpp:4712 (HandleDeleteFile) Unable to find
> 29106_20131216191500.mpg.tmp in HandleDeleteFile()
> Dec 23 20:36:06 ceramic  mythbackend[3475]: I Transcode_3436
> jobqueue.cpp:2087 (DoTranscodeThread) JobQueue: Transcode Fehlerhaft:
> "James Bond 007 - Ein Quantum Trost":"Spielfilm Großbritannien / USA
> 2008 (Quantum of Solace)": High Quality (Rückgabewert 255, Jobstatus war
> "Fehlerhaft")
>
>
>
>
> 'Rückgabewert 255, Jobstatus war "Fehlerhaft"' translates to "Exit code
> 255, job status was 'failure')
>
>
> Any idea what I am doing wrong?
>
>
>
> I am running mythtv on debian stable AKA wheezy from the deb-multimedia
> repository  , Version 0.26
>
>
> root at ceramic:/tmp# LANG=EN apt-cache  policy mythtv-backend
> mythtv-backend:
>   Installed: 0.26.1+fixes20131019-dmo1
>   Candidate: 0.26.1+fixes20131019-dmo1
>   Version table:
>  *** 0.26.1+fixes20131019-dmo1 0
>         500 http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ wheezy/main amd64 Packages
>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
>
> Thanks, Sebastian
>
>
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I've had failing transcodes when I selected "auto detect" but
successful when I selected "high/medium/low quality"
I don't have the savvy to interpret your logs.
>