[mythtv-commits] Ticket #9902: A few mythtranscode enhancements

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#9902: A few mythtranscode enhancements
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 Reporter:  mythtv@…           |           Type:  Bug Report - General
   Status:  new                |       Priority:  minor
Milestone:  unknown            |      Component:  MythTV - General
  Version:  Unspecified        |       Severity:  medium
 Keywords:                     |  Ticket locked:  0
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 The problems addressed:
   1) In fifodir mode, mythtranscode refuses to run on remote files.

   2) There is no indication of the format of the data output to the fifos;
 a user has to use a separate program to analyse the source file (possibly
 unreliable and not possible for remote files).

 I have patches to address each. The first patch just alters the test for
 whether remote files can be transcoded. The second outputs details of what
 will be output to the fifos (accounting for use of the new --passthrough
 mode). The second patch also adds a --fifoinfo flag that can be used to
 get the format details printed out without actually performing the
 transcode.

 The patches are committed to my github fork:
 https://github.com/Glidos/mythtv.  There are versions of the patches on
 each of the branches: master, fixes/0.24 and
 jyavenard/backports/fixes/0.24. Those are the only patches I have
 currently added to those branches.

 I'm happy to put more work into the patches to address any objections as
 to style etc.

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