[mythtv-users] Cannot transcode H.264 recording

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Yianni,

Saturday, November 22, 2014, 11:23:32 PM, you wrote:



>> Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 22:38:45 +0100
>> From: hikavdh at gmail.com
>> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot transcode H.264 recording
>>
>> Hoi Yianni,
>>
>> Do you also have the needed external libraries/codecs installed?
>>
>>
>>
>> Tot mails,
>> Hika mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
>>
>> "Zonder hoop kun je niet leven
>> Zonder leven is er geen hoop
>> Het eeuwige dilemma
>> Zeker als je hoop moet vernietigen om te kunnen overleven!"
>>
>> De lerende Mens
>>

> Hi, Hika,

> If you are referring to the "devel" versions necessary for
> compiling mythtv, I do. The result of ./configure --previous is:
> al2kpro:/home/mythtv/mythtv-git/mythtv # ./configure --previous
> Options:     --prefix=/usr --enable-libfaac --enable-nonfree
> --enable-proc-opt --enable-audio-alsa --enable-dvb
> --disable-hdhomerun --disable-joystick-menu --disable-xv
> --disable-firewire --enable-vdpau --enable-libfftw3
> --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid
> --disable-mythlogserver --compile-type=release 
> # Basic Settings
> Compile type              release
> Compiler cache            yes
> DistCC                    no
> qmake                     /usr/bin/qmake
> install prefix            /usr
> runtime prefix            /usr
> CPU                       x86 x86_64 (model name        : AMD
> Athlon(tm) Dual Core Processor 5050e)
> yasm                      yes
> MMX enabled               yes
> MMXEXT enabled            yes
> 3DNow! enabled            yes
> 3DNow! extended enabled   yes
> SSE enabled               yes
> SSSE3 enabled             yes
> AVX enabled               yes
> XOP enabled               yes
> FMA3 enabled              yes
> FMA4 enabled              yes
> i686 features enabled     yes

> # Input Support
> Joystick menu             no
> lirc support              yes
> libCEC device support     no [/usr/include]
> Video4Linux support       yes
> ivtv support              yes
> HD-PVR support            yes
> FireWire support          no
> DVB support               yes [/usr/include]
> DVB-S2 support            yes
> HDHomeRun support         no
> Ceton support             yes
> ASI support               no

> # Sound Output Support
> PulseAudio support        no
> OSS support               yes
> ALSA support              yes
> JACK support              default
> libfftw3 support          yes

> # Video Output Support
> x11 support               yes
> xrandr support            yes
> xv support                no
> VDPAU support             yes
> VAAPI support             no
> CrystalHD support         no
> OpenGL video              yes
> MHEG support              yes
> libass subtitle support   yes

> # Misc Features
> multi threaded libavcodec yes
> libxml2 support           yes [/usr/include/libxml2]
> libdns_sd (Bonjour)       no
> libcrypto                 yes
> Frontend                  yes
> Backend                   yes
> OpenGL ES 2.0             no
> mythlogserver             no

> # Bindings
> bindings_perl             yes
> bindings_python           yes
> bindings_php              yes

> # External Codec Options
> mp3lame                   yes
> faac                      yes
> xvid                      yes
> x264                      yes
> vpx                       no
> SDL                       no

> Creating libs/libmythbase/mythconfig.h and libs/libmythbase/mythconfig.mak

> WARNING: When using --enable-proc-opt you must include the 
>          output of ./configure along with any bug report.

> libs/libmythbase/mythconfig.h is unchanged
> libs/libmythbase/mythconfig.mak is unchanged
> external/FFmpeg/config.asm is unchanged
> external/FFmpeg/libavutil/avconfig.h is unchanged
> Configuring qjson...
> Configuring libmythbluray...
> Configuring libmythdvdnav...
> Configuring libsamplerate...
> Configuring minilzo...
> Configuring libmythsoundtouch...
> al2kpro:/home/mythtv/mythtv-git/mythtv # 

> I have no problem watching the recordings.
> Yianni.
>                                           
> _______________________________________________

I guess that's what I mean. On Gentoo all does dependencies and needed
compilation flags on those dependencies are handled by emerge.
The fact remains that it says
> mythtranscode[13741]: mythtranscode[13741]: E CoreContext
> transcode.cpp:788 (TranscodeFile) Unknown video codec: H.264
So my guess is that one of your needed dependencies is compiled
without H.264 support. Maybe ffmpeg? I am not that deep in this.


Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

"Zonder hoop kun je niet leven
Zonder leven is er geen hoop
Het eeuwige dilemma
Zeker als je hoop moet vernietigen om te kunnen overleven!"

De lerende Mens