[mythtv-users] Struggling with MythArchive

[John Pilkington]

On 03/01/13 13:10, Paul Harrison wrote:
> On 03/01/13 12:56, Alan Chandler wrote:
>> On 03/01/13 12:27, Paul Harrison wrote:
>>> On 03/01/13 12:15, Alan Chandler wrote:
>>>> On 03/01/13 12:01, Paul Harrison wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If the file is an mpeg you could try and force MythArchive to _not_
>>>>> re-encode it which will bypass this step altogether. The DVD
>>>>> created wont be 100% DVD compatible but most players will still
>>>>> play it without problems.
>>>>
>>>> I'll give it a go - at least something to be trying
>>>>
>>>
>>> I should have clarified this by say if it is an mpeg2. It wont work
>>> if it is an mpeg4.
>>>
>>> What version of myth are you using? I have a few BBC HD recordings
>>> from Freeview I could try but I only us the master version of Myth
>>> which has just had a ffmpeg resync and so I will likely get different
>>> results than the 0.26-fixes version.
>>>
>> 0.26 fixes - updated a few moments ago from the mythubuntu repository
>>
>
> It's failing in master in the same way.  It seems the ffmpeg parameters
> have changed again but MythArchive hasn't been updated to match. To see
> what's happening if you run the command again giving in the log but
> remove the -v 1 part so you can see what is going on. You will probably
> also have to change '-target dvd' to '-target pal-dvd'. It's still
> failing here complaining about -newaudio and -b but is getting closer :)
>
> Paul H.

The command line that I quoted in #11297 was

  mythffmpeg -threads 2 -v verbose -i 
"/home/john/Mythrecs/1102_20121207205600.mpg" -target pal-dvd -b:v 6000k 
-s 720x576 -acodec mp2 -b:a 256k -ac 2 -aspect 16:9 
"/mnt/MythOnRoot/Mytharch_work/work/1/newfile2.mpg"

That worked, but you may want to change mp2 to ac3, and it uses only the 
main stereo audio channel.