[mythtv-users] Cannot transcode H.264 recording

[Yianni]

Hi, everyone.

DVB-T just arrived in my area and I tested lossless transcoding, but it fails with:

Nov
 22 13:50:22 al2kpro.volara.net mythtranscode[13741]: 
mythtranscode[13741]: C thread_unknown mythcommandlineparser.cpp:2597 
(ConfigureLogging) Qt version: compile: 4.8.6, runtime: 4.8.6
Nov 22 
13:50:22 al2kpro.volara.net mythtranscode[13741]: mythtranscode[13741]: N
 thread_unknown mythcommandlineparser.cpp:2599 (ConfigureLogging) 
Enabled verbose msgs:  general
Nov 22 13:50:23 al2kpro.volara.net 
mythtranscode[13741]: mythtranscode[13741]: E CoreContext 
transcode.cpp:788 (TranscodeFile) Unknown video codec: H.264
Nov 22 
13:50:23 al2kpro.volara.net mythtranscode[13741]: mythtranscode[13741]: E
 CoreContext main.cpp:724 (main) Transcoding 
/myth/disk2/tval2kpro/2011_20141121211000.mpg failed

mythtv has been compiled with:
MythTV Version : v0.28-pre-2415-gd0b4a31
MythTV Branch : master
Network Protocol : 83
Library API : 0.28.20141030-1
QT Version : 4.8.6
Options compiled in:
 linux
 release use_hidesyms using_alsa using_oss using_backend 
using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python using_bindings_php using_dvb 
using_frontend using_ceton using_hdpvr using_ivtv using_libcrypto 
using_libfftw3 using_libxml2 using_libudf using_lirc using_mheg 
using_opengl using_opengl_video using_qtwebkit using_qtscript 
using_qtdbus using_taglib using_v4l2 using_x11 using_xrandr 
using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python using_bindings_php 
using_mythtranscode using_opengl using_vdpau using_ffmpeg_threads 
using_mheg using_libass using_libxml2 using_libudf

al2kpro:~ # mediainfo /myth/disk2/tval2kpro/2011_20141121211000.mpg
General
ID                                       : 102 (0x66)
Complete name                            : /myth/disk2/tval2kpro/2011_20141121211000.mpg
Format                                   : MPEG-TS
File size                                : 3.47 GiB
Duration                                 : 2h 19mn
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 3 546 Kbps

Video
ID                                       : 1550 (0x60E)
Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : Main at L3.0
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames                : 4 frames
Codec ID                                 : 27
Duration                                 : 2h 19mn
Bit rate                                 : 3 177 Kbps
Width                                    : 720 pixels
Height                                   : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate                               : 25.000 fps
Standard                                 : PAL
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : MBAFF
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.306
Stream size                              : 3.11 GiB (90%)

Audio
ID                                       : 1551 (0x60F)
Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)
Format                                   : MPEG Audio
Format version                           : Version 1
Format profile                           : Layer 2
Mode                                     : Joint stereo
Mode extension                           : Intensity Stereo + MS Stereo
Codec ID                                 : 3
Duration                                 : 2h 19mn
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 192 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Delay relative to video                  : -1s 89ms
Stream size                              : 192 MiB (5%)
Language                                 : Greek

Text
ID                                       : 1552 (0x610)-100
Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)
Format                                   : Teletext
Language                                 : Greek

Menu
ID                                       : 45 (0x2D)
Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)
Duration                                 : 2h 19mn
List                                     : 1550 (0x60E) (AVC) / 1551 (0x60F) (MPEG Audio, Greek) / 1552 (0x610) ()
Language                                 :  / Greek



Is it a mythtv limitation or am I missing some setting?

Thanks,


Yianni.