[mythtv-users] Handbrake_userjob issues

[Anthony Giggins]

On 10 November 2017 at 17:37, Zach Scholes <zskullz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Has anyone tried to implement the Handbrake_userjob script?
> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Handbrake_userjob
>
> I've been trying to get it to work for several hours, and I have had to
> make several adjustments to the script to get as far as I can but I am
> getting the error **ERROR: [mplex] Too many frame drops -exiting' when
> mplex runs.  I tried setting the -r flag to 12000 and 9000 but still got
> the same error.  When I didn't set the -r flag it got INFO: [mplex]
> rough-guess multiplexed stream data rate    : 9988296 but still the same
> error.
>
> Ultimately I'm trying to just get a video file to load in to my plex
> library with the commercials cut.  I'm beginning to think it would have
> been better to just start from scratch instead of trying this script.  Any
> thoughts are appreciated.
>
>
>
I just use the following as my userjob, mainly so its all stored in the
database, so I dont need to remember to migrate a script and I use .mp4 as
its pretty universally accepted these days

/usr/bin/HandBrakeCLI -i "%DIR%"/"%FILE%" -o /storage/videos/"%TITLE%"" -
S00E00 - ""%SUBTITLE%".mp4 --preset="iPhone & iPod touch"

I also heavily use mythexport https://launchpad.net/mythexport with a
custom config module to use the same Handbrake command above

/usr/share/mythexport/configs/iPhoneHandbrake.pm
#!/usr/bin/perl

package iPhoneHandbrake;

use ExportBase;

our @ISA = qw(ExportBase);

my $description = "Low Resolution (480x?) Handbrake H264 Settings.";
my $devices = "Handbrake iPhone & iPod Touch profile (example iPod Touch,
iPhone, iPad";
my $notes = "Requires Handbrake, <a href=\"
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu\">activate Medibuntu</a>";
my $version = "1.0";

sub new{
    my $class = shift;
    my $self = $class->SUPER::new(shift, shift, $description, $devices,
$notes, $version);
    bless $self, $class;
    return $self;
}

sub export{
    my( $self ) = @_;

    system("HandBrakeCLI -i \'$self->{_inputFile}\' -o
\'$self->{_outputFile}$self->{_extension}\' --preset='iPhone & iPod
touch'");
    system("chmod 666 \'$self->{_outputFile}$self->{_extension}\'");
}

1;


Cheers,

Anthony
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