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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">I’m trying to minimize the number of steps I have to take to transcode recorded TV from MPEG2 to h.264. Using the subject script posted on the Mythtv wiki I can do this but with a catch. </span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">My steps that work are:</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">1. auto-detect commercials after recording</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">2. view recording in mythfrontend and import commercial flags.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">3. Make additional edits to add and move cuts.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">4. save cut list.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">5. run the transcode job that keeps the file MPEG2, but strips footage based on cut list.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">6. run the transcode-h264 user job</span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">If I don’t run step 5, the file produced by step 6 has the cuts produced by commercial flagging, but not my manual edits saved to the cut list.</span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Are the Commercial Flags in the database not updated when I manually adds cuts and save the cut list? </span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">I think I have the script configured to leave the commercial flags as is.</span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">I think my problem is not understanding what is stored in the database related to cuts and edits.</span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Jim A</span></p> </div></body>
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