[mythtv] [PATCH] Missing keyframes on mpeg4 transcode

[Jay Merrifield]

Yes, I could still seek on the files because of the keyframes in the
database (only after I rebuilt the file using mythcommflag), but I was
able to repair my broken files with this patch by transcoding them
again, but be warned, all the file's videos that I've repaired still
break up on seeking, newer files don't have this problem though.

Jay


On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 18:27:40 -0500 (EST), Cory Papenfuss
<papenfuss at juneau.me.vt.edu> wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Feb 2005, Jay Merrifield wrote:
> 
> > Ya, it sounds like your problem and mine are very similar, cause
> > whenever I had transcoded a file without an index, it was always
> > incredibly hard to get the file back into a working state. rebuilding
> > the index didn't always work, and if I was able to get seeking to work
> > again, teh video would break up all over the place, and myth would
> > yell at me saying that when I tried to seek I wasn't seeking to a
> > keyframe. I haven't tried exporting a corrupt file though, so this is
> > all just a theory.
> >
> >
>         So, am I correct in saying that MythTV can play/seek the
> transcoded file because it's got keyframes in the database?  Since mplayer
> announces, "duplicate frames," do you suppose it's possible to repair the
> broken transcoded file?
> 
> -Cory
> 
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> * Cory Papenfuss                                                        *
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