[mythtv-users] Transcode

[Craig Meyer]

I had this same problem a starting a few days ago. I looked at dmesg and
/var/log/messages and found some strange errors concerning the dvd device.
After googling around a bit on the error messages I found that whatever it
is in the kernel that handles DVD reading has a hard time compensating for
a flakey DVD device and that the problem is being worked on. In the mean
time, try a different DVD drive and IDE cable. This worked great for me..
The difference was night and day. Or at the very least, check your
messages and see if they give you any more info.

-Craig

> I am trying to successfully use MythDVD to transcode some of my DVD's.
> The MTD starts and it reads accesses the DVD for the first 5 minutes then
> it
> is like the MTD just hangs.
> The CPU usage drops through the floor and MTD no longer responds.  I have
> the option for MTD to output to the console and no error messages are
> displayed.
>
> What was copied exists in the MythVideo folder and I can play it, but it
> never actually finishes the operation and the job can not be cancelled.
> The only way to recover this, to my knowledge, and to be able to use the
> DVD
> again is to reboot.
>
> Any ideas?
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