[mythtv-users] MythDVD will not transcode files

[Joseph A. Caputo]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org]On Behalf Of Arlo
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 1:44 PM
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: [mythtv-users] MythDVD will not transcode files
>
>
> I have MythDVD running on gentoo 1.4 and playing dvds works fine.
> If I try to
> Rip/encode and choose Perfect as the quality it saves a 4.6G file
> in my video
> folder (as it should). However If I Rip/encode at the Exelent
> quality I get
> nothing. while the rip/encode is progressing I get a directory in
> my /dvdrip/
> folder containing the raw (4.6G) .vob file, however when it
> finishes "Ripping
> to
> file" it says "transcode is thinking" for a couple of seconds and
> then gos
> back to the screen where you can "press 0 to rip a dvd".
> The Folder containing the Raw file is gone and no transcoded file can be
> found. I did a "find / -iname *Brother*" and found nothing. here
> is the log
> from mtd.log
>
> 11:49:28: launching job: job dvd 1 1 2 1 -1 /mnt/store/video/ Brother
> 11:50:08: a client socket has been closed
> 11:52:12: a client socket has been opened
> 11:59:53: a client socket has been closed
> 12:00:20: a client socket has been opened
> 12:01:47: job finished succesfully: job dvd 1 1 2 1 -1 /mnt/store/video/
> Brother
> 12:01:53: a client socket has been closed

I had the same problem... one of two things fixed it for me, I can't
remember which:

- upgrade or reinstall the 'transcode' package (I built the latest from
source)
- upgrade MythDVD to CVS

-JAC