[mythtv-users] transcode-h264-v2-- cutlist and commercial flags

[Jim Abernathy]

Not sure this mail program will format this correctly, but he Script is the one you linked to.  I changed the first 3 program defines to False and it now appears to be working as desired. So the generate_commcutlist = False is the correct setting.
Thanks, Jim A

From: perkins1724 at hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 07:46:03 +1030
To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] transcode-h264-v2-- cutlist and commercial flags





On 9 Jan 2016, at 6:17 am, Jim Abernathy <jfabernathy at outlook.com> wrote:












I’m trying to minimize the number of steps I have to take to transcode recorded TV from MPEG2 to h.264.  Using the subject script posted on the Mythtv wiki I can do this but with a catch.  


My steps that work are:
1.  auto-detect commercials after recording
2.  view recording in mythfrontend and import commercial flags.
3.  Make additional edits to add and move cuts.
4. save cut list.
5. run the transcode job that keeps the file MPEG2, but strips footage based on cut list.
6. run the transcode-h264 user job


If I don’t run step 5, the file produced by step 6 has the cuts produced by commercial flagging, but not my manual edits saved to the cut list.


Are the Commercial Flags in the database not updated when I manually adds cuts and save the cut list? 


I think I have the script configured to leave the commercial flags as is.


I think my problem is not understanding what is stored in the database related to cuts and edits.


Jim A 
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Do you mean this script? https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Transcode_Mpeg2_to_H264 (the v2 script down the page)
I don't read Python but I am guessing that you have left the user setting generate_commcutlist as the default true value. When set to true it appears to me that there are no checks to see if a cut list already exists so your custom edits are just getting overwritten with a cut list generated straight from the commercial detection flags.
Try setting generate_commcutlist to false. The code to transcode appears to still check if a cut list is present and will use it if it is.
At least I think so, but I don't read Python.
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