[mythtv-users] User Jobs - transcoding?

[Jay Harbeston]

> On Oct 26, 2022, at 10:37 AM, Jay Harbeston <jharbestonus at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Oct 26, 2022, at 9:37 AM, James Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com <mailto:jfabernathy at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> I'm running the latest v32 on Ubuntu 22.04 and experimenting with commercial flagging, editing, and  transcoding.
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>> My problem is with the User Job Transcode.  Using mythfrontend I navigate to the recording and instead of playing it I navigate to User Jobs and select Transcode video and then select default profile.  The job will queue but fail immediately.
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>> Not sure if I have to set up something first, but it's not working by default. Here's the transcode log.
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>> Oct 26 09:22:04 kubuntu-closet mythtranscode: mythtranscode[217202]: E CoreContext transcode.cpp:729 (TranscodeFile) No video information found! 
>> Oct 26 09:22:04 kubuntu-closet mythtranscode: mythtranscode[217202]: E CoreContext transcode.cpp:730 (TranscodeFile) Please ensure that recording profiles for the transcoder are set 
>> Oct 26 09:22:04 kubuntu-closet mythtranscode: mythtranscode[217202]: E CoreContext main.cpp:746 (main) Transcoding /data/mythtv/recordings/16218_20221004020000.ts failed 
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> Looks like this is the problem. You need some recording profiles. I did do this long ago, but don’t remember whether they are defined in the frontend or backend.
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Additional note: they are defined in mythtv-setup under "3. Recording Profiles”. They settings have changed since I messed with them long ago!



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