[mythtv-commits] Ticket #3032: mythtranscode --infile fails on non default-format filenames

MythTV mythtv at cvs.mythtv.org
Fri Feb 2 16:17:30 UTC 2007


#3032: mythtranscode --infile fails on non default-format filenames
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 Reporter:  ylee at pobox.com  |       Owner:  ijr    
     Type:  defect          |      Status:  new    
 Priority:  minor           |   Milestone:  unknown
Component:  mythtv          |     Version:  0.20   
 Severity:  medium          |  
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 The

  --infile xyz.nuv

 flag tells mythtranscode to do its best to figure out the channel and
 starttime of the recording '''from the filename itself'''; non default-
 format filenames (i.e., those not in the traditional

  1160_20070131202900.mpg (or .nuv)

 style) prevent mythtranscode from doing so (and which it duly complains
 about). This is all well and good, except that mythtranscode '''still
 proceeds anyway''', confusing the user. In other words, the resulting
 mythtranscode run is utterly useless because the utility doesn't know what
 seektable to update in the first place. The only way around this is 1)
 first rename the recording back to the default format or 2) instead of
 using the more-convenient --infile, manually specify the data
 mythtranscode needs with -c and -s.


 I suggest that mythtranscode either a) abort immediately if it is unable
 to match the recording with the relevant database entries, instead of
 proceeding and misleading the user, or preferably b) use the filename from
 --infile (which, of course, is also already in the database) to identify
 the proper database entries.

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Ticket URL: <http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/3032>
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