[mythtv-users] Lean Front

[James]

> On 17 Jan 2023, at 6:46 am, Peter Bennett <pb.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> On 1/16/23 16:48, James wrote:
>> 
>>> On 15 Jan 2023, at 10:33 pm, Peter Bennett <pb.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> There is a failure in playback, likely caused by some sort of corruption in the file. Is it a recording or a video? Does it
>>> happen with all recordings?
>> Every other recording I have tried works perfectly
>> 
>>> The message does not indicate an unsupported format. If you play an unsupported format video, you get a blank screen with audio only.
>>> 
>>> Please open an issue in github and supply a sample video. I suggest you use google drive or a similar service to upload the video and add a link to the issue. I will take a look and see what the problem is
>> I'm not sure there is an issue yet.
>> The recording plays fine on my other backends.
>> mythffprobe does no bitching
>> 
>> libavutil 56. 70.100 / 56. 70.100
>> libavcodec 58.134.100 / 58.134.100
>> libavformat 58. 76.100 / 58. 76.100
>> libavdevice 58. 13.100 / 58. 13.100
>> libavfilter 7.110.100 / 7.110.100
>> libswscale 5. 9.100 / 5. 9.100
>> libswresample 3. 9.100 / 3. 9.100
>> libpostproc 55. 9.100 / 55. 9.100
>> Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/store/Movies/Myth-F/The Father.mp4':
>> Metadata:
>> major_brand : isom
>> minor_version : 512
>> compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
>> encoder : Lavf58.76.100
>> Duration: 01:27:57.65, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 2551 kb/s
>> Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(tv, bt709), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 2287 kb/s, 49.96 fps, 50 tbr, 90k tbn, 50 tbc (default)
>> Metadata:
>> handler_name : VideoHandler
>> vendor_id : [0][0][0][0]
>> Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: mp3 (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 255 kb/s (default)
>> Metadata:
>> handler_name : SoundHandler
>> vendor_id : [0][0][0][0]
>> 
>>> . You can also try the suggestions in the documentation to reformat the file using ffmpeg or mkvmerge. See the section "Problems" in https://github.com/bennettpeter/android-MythTV-Leanfront#readme. The reformat is very quick and does not re-encode the video.
>> I recovered the recording (undelete)
>> 
>> mkvmerge won't work with mk4 files
>> the ffmpeg works, complains, and wont play-back
> mkvmerge will accept mp4 files, ts files, almost any video format as input. It produces mkv output, and you can use the mkv file as a video or recording in mythtv.

[snip] Sorry! I must have had a typo that stopped if working. It works as expected when I try now

James
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