<div>FYI This is what nuvexport returns when run directly with the --debug flag:</div>
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<p>[mythtv@ghost video]$ nuvexport --chanid=1021 --start=20070312200000 --mode=iPod --nice=19 --cutlist --nodenoise --nodeinterlace --nomultipass --filename=1021_20070312200000.temp --path=/mnt/varchive --debug</p>
<p>Loading MythTV recording info.<br>100%<br>Default resolution based on requested dimensions.</p>
<p>--------------------------------<br>To encode: 24: Day 6: 6:00PM - 7:00PM<br>Use the following commands:</p>
<p>system call:<br>mkdir -m 0755 /tmp/fifodir_18168/</p>
<p>forking:<br>/bin/nice -n19 /usr/bin/mythtranscode --showprogress -p autodetect -c 1021 -s 2007-03-12-20-00-00 -f "/tmp/fifodir_18168/" --honorcutlist 2>&1</p>
<p>forking:<br>/bin/nice -n19 ffmpeg -y -f s16le -ar 48000 -ac 2 -i /tmp/fifodir_18168/audout -f rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p -s 1280x720 -aspect 1.77777777777778 -r 59.940 -i /tmp/fifodir_18168/vidout -aspect 1.77777777777778
-r 23.97 -croptop 10 -cropright 18 -cropbottom 10 -cropleft 18 -s 320x176 -vcodec h264 -b '393216' -title '24 - Day 6: 6:00PM - 7:00PM' -level 30 -loop 1 -g 250 -keyint_min 25 -sc_threshold 40 -rc_eq 'blurCplx^(1-qComp)' -bt '393216' -maxrate '786432' -bufsize '249856' -i_qfactor '
0.71428572' -b_qfactor '0.76923078' -bf '0' -refs 2 -subq 7 -partitions parti4x4+parti8x8+partp4x4+partp8x8+partb8x8 -flags2 +bpyramid+wpred+mixed_refs+8x8dct+brdo -me_range 21 -trellis 2 -chroma 1 -slice 2 -cmp 1 -deblockalpha 0 -deblockbeta 0 -acodec aac -ar 48000 -async 1 -ab 64 '/mnt/varchive/1021_20070312200000.temp.mp4' 2>&1
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/28/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Douglas Wagner</b> <<a href="mailto:douglasw0@gmail.com">douglasw0@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
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<div> Ok, so I really don't know what i'm doing here I guess. Just got a 30g iPod about a week ago. I'm trying to get some of the MythTV Kids shows i've got onto the iPod for a trip to denver we're taking in about 2 weeks...limited Timeframe.
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<div>So, I got myth2ipod from the site, downloaded everything and set it all up. At the end of which I can transcode a show in the library, it gets put into the right place on disk, feed.php picks it up and iTunes even shows the podcast and will keep it up to date. AWESOME!
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<div>So next I subscribe to the podcast for the myth shows and go to sync...at which point I get: "Some of the videos from your iTunes library, including the video <video here>, were not copied to the iPod <iPod Name> because they cannot be played on this iPod."
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<div>Huh? I can watch the shows through iTunes itself so I know the transcode worked to a valid file. On disk it is shown as an mp4 file. If I then go to the podcast file in iTunes, right click and select "Convert selection for iPod" the conversion happens, the show goes into the "videos" section and WILL sync, however no video shows up, I get ONLY audio in iTunes when I play it and NOTHING but a black screen (not even audio) when I try to play it on the iPod.
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<div>Working off of iTunes 7 (most up to date), and a recent version of the iPod (Software Version 1.2.1 according to about iPod).</div>
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<div>I understand that there's a specific format and parameters that these files need to be in for the iPod to show them. And i'm guessing that the reason iTunes refuses to push them to the iPod is because they're out of spec. However, I am stuck here. So, i'll start posting some info on my spec:
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<div>ffmpeg -version:</div>
<div>FFmpeg version SVN-r6524, Copyright (c) 2000-2006 Fabrice Bellard, et al.<br> configuration: --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib --shlibdir=/usr/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --enable-mp3lame --enable-libogg --enable-vorbis --enable-faadbin --enable-faac --enable-xvid --enable-x264 --enable-a52 --enable-a52bin --enable-dts --enable-pp --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable-dc1394 --enable-gpl --disable-strip --extra-cflags=-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables
<br> libavutil version: 49.0.1<br> libavcodec version: 51.16.0<br> libavformat version: 50.5.0<br> built on Oct 27 2006 08:36:51, gcc: 4.1.1 20060525 (Red Hat 4.1.1-1)<br>ffmpeg SVN-r6524<br>libavutil 3211265<br>
libavcodec 3346432<br>libavformat 3278080<br> </div>
<div>Myth2Ipod Script Variables:</div>
<div># User variables<br> my $portable = "ipod";<br> my $feedfile = "/video/ipodfeed/feed.php";<br> my $feedpath = "/video/ipodfeed/";<br> my $wwwloc = "/var/www/html/";
<br> my $feedurl = "<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://ghost/ipodfeed/" target="_blank">http://ghost/ipodfeed/</a>";<br> my $nuvoptions ="--mode=iPod --nice=19 --cutlist --nodenoise --nodeinterlace --nomultipass";
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<div>Putting a --debug into the $nuvoptions line above I get the following when I run (for nuvexport options)</div>
<div>Starting nuvexport...<br>/usr/local/bin/nuvexport --chanid=1021 --start=20070312200000 --debug --mode=iPod --nice=19 --cutlist --nodenoise --nodeinterlace --nomultipass --filename=1021_20070312200000.temp --path=/video/ipodfeed/
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<div>In iTunes when I go to the podcast, right click, and do a "get info" the following is showing:</div>
<div>Kind: MPEG-4 Video file</div>
<div>Profile: Low Compatibility</div>
<div>Size: 182 MB</div>
<div>Channels: Stereo</div>
<div>Bit Rate: 64 kbps</div>
<div>Purchase Date: 1/1/1970 12:00am</div>
<div>Sample Rate: 48,000 kHz</div>
<div>Total Bit Rate: 0 kbps</div>
<div>Date Modified: 4/28/2007 2:45 PM</div>
<div>Play Count: 0</div>
<div>Last Played: Not Available.</div>
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<div>(Note: The file info here is not the file I ran the info on above in case the Date modified looks wrong).</div>
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<div>I can't figure out what would be causing this not to transfer to the iPod: maybe the "0" bit rate is causing iTunes to say it's not good? There's got to be SOME settings I can throw into myth2ipod's script to allow it to properly transcode the file to be correctly recognized and play on the iPod.
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<div>HELP!!!! I have 2 weeks to get this figured out or i'm stuck in a car for 15 hours with a 5 yo and an 3 yo who have VERY limited entertainment...</div>
<div>At this point, i'm willing to get either myth2ipod to work or make ANY OTHER SOLUTION work to get files to the iPod. Transcoding takes time and I have a limited amount between now and the trip...and I still have yet to test my car's dvd player to ensure it can play what i'm pushing to it from the iPod.
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<div>--Douglas Wagner</div></span></blockquote></div><br>