[mythtv-users] Transcoding Error

[Jay Harbeston]

> On Jul 20, 2022, at 1:26 PM, Jay Foster <jayf0ster at roadrunner.com> wrote:
> 
> I created a cut list for a recording and ran a transcode job to cut the commercials out.  I do this all the time, but this time, the transcode job failed.  Mythweb backend status reports Status: Errored, Comments: Unrecoverable error.  What does that mean?  How do I fix it?
> 
> I looked in /var/log/mythtv for logs, but, although there are log files there, they contain nothing recent.  They are months/years old.

The log file will be named mythtranscode.log . In ubuntu it is indeed in /var/log/mythtv.  Maybe find or locate will assist you in finding it.

You need the info that would be in it.

Regards