[mythtv-users] One file won't scan into Video library

John Pilkington J.Pilk at tesco.net
Fri Dec 8 12:40:26 UTC 2017


On 08/12/17 12:16, Robin Gilks wrote:
> Weird one this...
> 
> Is there a log setting which will tell me why a file that mplayer & VLC
> are both quite happy with doesn't appear when I drop it into the video
> storage group and scan.
> 
> Other files are fine - or at least have been up to now and I haven't
> change the software.
> 
> Is there a command line utility that creates the same hash as the Video
> library code and if so how would I search the database for a duplicate?
> 
> This is a file I created from an mp3 file using ffmpeg and a single jpeg
> frame. This because the video player can seek and I can set a bookmark
> which I can't do in the Music player and I find to be necessary for a 2
> hour file that I doubt I'll have time to listen to in one go!
> 
> Is the signature of the file coming out the same as one of the 11 files
> already loaded and created with the same jpeg (but different mp3's) ?
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
There was a similar thread in August.  The hashing process doesn't scan 
the entire file and it looks as if you're getting a duplicate.




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