[mythtv-users] Cutlist editor and bookmarks in master

[John Pilkington]

On 03/08/15 11:14, John Pilkington wrote:
> On 02/08/15 18:16, John Pilkington wrote:
>> On 02/08/15 17:48, Roger Siddons wrote:
>>> On Sun, 02 Aug 2015 14:13:03 +0100, John Pilkington <J.Pilk at tesco.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>  > Recordings that have been cut start frontend playback about 2 minutes
>>>  > in. I can jump back to the beginning but I haven't found a way of
>>>  > clearing the delay; it doesn't seem to be a bookmark. Playback via
>>>  > UPnP starts at the beginning.
>>>  >
>>>  > Anyone else seeing this - or have any ideas?
>>>  >
>>>
>>> Could it be a MARK_UTIL_PROGSTART (40) or MARK_UTIL_LASTPLAYPOS (41)
>>> from https://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/11713 ?
>>>
>>
>> Yes, I think so.  It had occurred to me that 2 minutes is my specified
>> pre-roll, and my cutting script clears the cutlist, so comment 11
>> applies.  I'll dig a bit deeper.  Thanks.  Do programmes somewhere
>> *really* start at the advertised time?
>>
>> And, back to the original question - I do feel lost without the cutlist
>> editor cursor.
>>
>
> I added a comment and suggested workaround for the 'mythical bookmark'
> issue to ticket #11713, but have since realised that a closed ticket may
> not get much attention.
>
> But I question the underlying concept.  I define a pre-roll only because
> the scheduled start times are often inaccurate, certainly with the
> keyframe-or-better resolution that I use when cutting.  So why try to
> re-impose them on playback?  It needs an opt-out.
>
> John

After cutting:

$ mythutil --getmarkup=humans.xml --chanid=1013 --starttime=20150802205800

$less humans.xml

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<metadata>
   <item>
     <markup>
       <mark frame="0" type="-3"/>
       <mark frame="0" data="2729120" type="33"/>
       <mark frame="0" data="68228" type="34"/>
       <mark frame="1" type="12"/>
       <mark frame="1" data="720" type="30"/>
       <mark frame="1" data="576" type="31"/>
       <mark frame="1" data="25000" type="32"/>
       <mark frame="2916" type="40"/>       *******
       <seek frame="0" data="0" type="9"/>