[mythtv-users] mythtranscode in V31

[Jonatan Lindblad]

Den 2020-04-04 kl. 19:07, skrev James Abernathy:
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>> On Apr 4, 2020, at 12:14 PM, James Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com <mailto:jfabernathy at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> I wanted to test transcoding on v31 on the RPi4 but first I need to better understand how to properly use it on v31 on my production backend which is a Core i7 PC so no performance issues. Source is OTA MPEG2 programs from HDHR.
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>> 1.  The concept is to have a recording that is automatically flagged for commercials. 
>> 2,  Then after the Commflagging is done use Mythfrontend to manually edit the cutlist to be correct for all commercials and save it.
>> 3.  Use the builtin Job Option -> Begin Transcoding -> [Default | Autodetect | High Quality | Medium Quality | Low Quality] I used Autodetect for my test.
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>> While this works, the transcoded program is really messed up.  What I want is lossless MPEG2 (.ts). I envision a simple copy function where the source is copied to a .tmp file dropping the commercials but no compression. So the file would be smaller and the quality the same. No changing of interlacing.
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>> I’m not doing this right. So any help would be appreciated.
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>> Jim A
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> In an effort to get more data, I tried mythtranscode from the command line and was even less successful there.  Console log with error below:
> jim at mythbuntu:~$ mythtranscode --infile /mnt/md0/recorded-tv1/11701_20190529020000.ts --mpeg2 --honorcutlist -o /home/jim/Videos

Did you read the help? It says:

-o OR --outfile             Optional output file for transcoding.


/home/jim/Videos looks like a directory.

Cheers
Jonatan