<br>I don't believe it's a file/permissions problem. MTD places the transcode command it plans to use in the mtd.log. When the transcode failed, I logged in as the same user that mythtv runs as, and ran the same exact transcode command from the command prompt.
Transcode ran without any problems.<br><br>The problem that I'm facing is that mtd will not output additional information as to *why* the transcode is failing when it tries to call upon it.<br><br>-Rob<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 9/5/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Michael T. Dean</b> <<a href="mailto:mtdean@thirdcontact.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
mtdean@thirdcontact.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On 09/05/2007 10:42 AM, Rob Dege wrote:<br>> I'm trying to import a DVD into my MythVideo library. The system is able to
<br>> successfully import the movie into a file. However, when it attempts to<br>> transcode the imported file into an xvid format, the mtd errors out.<br>><br>> Excerpt from the mtd.log file:<br>><br>> 09:47:34: a client socket has been opened
<br>> 09:48:37: launching job: job dvd 1 3 6 0 -1 /myth/dvds/DELIVER_EVA_FF<br>> 08:22:13: transcode command will be: transcode -i<br>> /myth/temp/DELIVER_EVA_FF/vob/ -g 720x480 -M 2 -V -j 0,8,0,8 -B 0,2 -y xvid
<br>
> -w 1618 -a 2 -o /myth/dvds/DELIVER_EVA_FF.avi --print_status 20 --color 0<br>> 09:48:37: job thread beginning to rip dvd title<br>><br>> 0:29:28: job thread finished ripping dvd title<br>> 10:29:28: Error: Could not start transcode
<br>> 10:29:29: job failed: job dvd 1 3 6 0 -1 /myth/dvds/DELIVER_EVA_FF<br>><br>><br>> If I manually execute the transcode command at the command prompt (based on<br>> the mtd.log parameters), transcode processes the imported movie file as
<br>> expected. I did verify that myth points to the correct transcode binary.<br>><br>> Mythtv - 0.20.2<br>> transcode - 1.0.3<br>><br>> Any ideas on why it's not working correctly from within myth?
<br><br>file/directory permissions?<br><br>Mike<br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
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