[mythtv-users] hijack transcode user job for an additional custom user job

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Mike,

Sunday, December 28, 2014, 12:18:19 PM, you wrote:

> On 28/12/14 10:56, Mark Perkins wrote:
>> Am I likely to suffer any ill effects if I hijack the Mythtranscode user job
>> by putting in a new command line? I have used all my 4 custom user jobs, but
>> one of those user jobs is my custom transcode script so the inbuilt
>> transcode job never gets used. I would like to use it instead to do some
>> testing of the Mythcommflag patches that have been posted in an earlier
>> thread - ie something like:
>>
>> /path/to/patched/mythcommflag_improved --method 7 --chanid %CHANID%
>> --starttime %STARTTIME% --override-setting AggressiveCommDetect=1
>>
>> Can I essentially repurpose one of the inbuit jobs as a custom user job in
>> this fashion or am I going to break something by doing that.
>>
> Why don't you just replace the stock mythtranscode job with your script? That
> would free up the User Job slot that you need.

> There's no reason you have to leave the existing mythtranscode job in /usr/bin
> (or wherever) if you're not using it. Just rename it and move your own script
> there instead (or symbolic link to it).

You also can put all your jobs (or more than one of them) in one slot
by running a shell script that depending on switches runs the job you want!

Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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