[mythtv-users] Lossless Mythtranscode in 0.26

[Anthony Giggins]

On 27 September 2013 19:03, John Finlay <finlay at moeraki.com> wrote:

> On 9/15/2013 12:38 PM, George Nassas wrote:
>
>> On 2013-09-15, at 2:10 PM, John Finlay <finlay at moeraki.com> wrote:
>>
>>  I'm thinking of upgrading to 0.26 but I recall that there was an issue
>>> with lossless transcoding using Mythtranscode. Since this is a feature that
>>> I use I wanted to find if this was still a problem or should I wait for
>>> 0.27 where I hope the problem is fixed.
>>>
>> I do lossless transcoding all the time and it's reliable now. There is an
>> issue where, when you cut the beginning of your recording, myth doesn't
>> play its audio but I haven't checked if that's a bug in transcode or myth
>> playback.
>>
>> - George
>>
>>
>>  I upgraded to 0.27 and lossless transcoding completes but creates a file
> which seems to have damaged meta-information according to ffmpeg/avconv but
> not according to mythffmpeg. The original file gives the same info for both
> ffmpeg and mythffmpeg but after the lossless transcoding they produce
> different results for bitrate and duration. The transcoded file is playable
> within myth but vlc thinks it's much shorter. Handbrake processes the
> tanscoded file very slowly.
>
> John
>
> I agree, initial testing of 0.27 seemed ok but further transcodes result
in the same issues as 0.26 :(

I had raised http://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/11593 but I thought it was
fixed so it got closed I've asked this to be reopened perhaps add some
further details.

Cheers,

Anthony
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