[mythtv-users] mythcommflag -j

[Bill Meek]

On 8/1/20 1:15 PM, DaveD wrote:
> What's the -j argument in my process list for mythcommflag?  I can't find any mention of a -j command line argument anywhere and --help doesn't 
> list it, either.  When mythcommflag hangs and my script to check for hung mythcommflag processes detects it, the script just kills the process 
> and I get no commercial flagging on that recording.  I would like to try repairing the recording with the same technique I use to repair the 
> "Decoder error" recordings using dd to remove the first three blocks of the recording.  I'm guessing a hung mythcommflag is the same problem, 
> just not as severe, where the highly compressed h264 recording is not handled properly by MythTV.  So I'm trying to figure out what file is 
> being commflagged when the process hangs based on the ps output so I can remove the first few blocks and see if it will then comm flag without 
> hanging.
> 
> Dave D.

Use mythcommflag --help j (or jobid).

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Bill