[mythtv-users] HLS Transcode - Not working with AC3?

[dennis]

On 04/27/2015 06:21 PM, Matt S. wrote:
> I think I found an issue with the HLS transcoder. I'm able to 
> successfully do any HLS transcodes on MPEG2 material with MP2 audio, 
> but I'm not able to HLS Transcode any material that contains AC3 Audio 
> - including recordings from HD-PVRs, HD MPEG2 recordings from QAM 
> tuners, and even blu-ray rips from Handbrake.
>
> My mythtranscode log gets flooded with:
> 2015-04-26 19:54:16.539041 I [8869/8886] VideoDecodeBuffer 
> avformatdecoder.cpp:4747 (ProcessAudioPacket) - AFD: Audio stream changed
> 2015-04-26 19:54:16.539314 I [8869/8886] VideoDecodeBuffer 
> avformatdecoder.cpp:4747 (ProcessAudioPacket) - AFD: Audio stream changed
> 2015-04-26 19:54:16.548702 I [8869/8886] VideoDecodeBuffer 
> avformatdecoder.cpp:4747 (ProcessAudioPacket) - AFD: Audio stream changed
>
>
> Is anyone able to successfully transcode to HLS via the backend 
> interface or any of the other API based clients like MythTV Player for 
> android, etc?  I'm currently running - v0.27.4-37-g4e4a785
>
>

I didn't have much luck using 0.27.  I originally opened a ticket 
against mythtv player,  but after investigation it was all issues with 
HLS transcode.    Please see link below for types of videos working with 
backend versions.

https://github.com/MythTV-Clients/MythtvPlayerForAndroid/wiki/Home/_edit
https://github.com/MythTV-Clients/MythtvPlayerForAndroid/issues/43

Having better luck with 0.28 backend for HD :)