[mythtv-users] WAF through the floor, with lost database!

[Paul Gardiner]

Paul Gardiner <lists at glidos.net> wrote:
>Jim Stichnoth <stichnot at gmail.com> wrote:
>>On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Michael T. Dean
>><mtdean at thirdcontact.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah, hmmm, I do see what you are saying... wouldn't be able to cut
>>>> and transcode from there though.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I know Jim Stichnoth was working on allowing that.  I don't know if
>>it's
>>> in 0.27 or not, though.
>>>
>>
>>I'm not sure exactly what you're referring to, but I can say that 0.27
>>definitely allows you to edit the cutlist for a Video Library video,
>as
>>long as it has a seektable.  Also, you can copy the seektable and
>other
>>metadata (including cutlist metadata) into and out of videos using
>>"mythutil --video".
>>
>>Jim
>>
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>Nice. I hadn't noticed that was now possible. The last problem then is
>that these files have no seek table. Is there some way to generate one?
>Is it not the case that things like mythcomflag require chanid and
>starttime? Also mythtranscode: is that useable on video files now?

Ooh! Mythcommflag has --video and mythtranscode has --infile. Will that work? Is there a way to drive the latter from a user job like I currently do for recordings?