[mythtv-users] DVD Ripping Error

[Fred Squires]

Try launching the transcoding daemon from the command line (the
command is mtd), and then ripping the dvd.
Fred

On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 11:19:00 -0600, Kevin Stussman <kevins at solium.com> wrote:
> 
> Ha. I forgot to mention that.
> 
> Yeah, I tried it, the hard drive did something, waited about 10-20
> seconds but the message was still there...so I figured it was still
> failing.
> 
> I also checked /var/log/mythtv/* and didn't find any obvious error
> messages.
> 
> K.
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2004-07-02 at 11:00, David Brieck Jr. wrote:
> > On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 10:00:34 -0600, Kevin Stussman <kevins at solium.com> wrote:
> > > When I try to rip a DVD, there is a message something to the affect of :
> > > "Cannot contact transcoding daemon...press a number key to try
> > > again....if that doesn't work something is seriously wrong".
> > >
> > > After doing some googling, I found that I was missing /mnt/store/dvdrip
> > > and /mnt/store/mythvideo, so I created them (with permissions) but still
> > > no luck. Do I need to restart the backend process (I haven't tried that
> > > yet)...
> > >
> > > Otherwise:
> > > - /usr/bin/transcode exists
> > > - I have emerged mythdvd libdvdread libdvdcss (others?)
> > > - The mpeg2 and mpeg3 suite of tools seem to be there (mpegtranscode,
> > > mpeg2enc, etc..)
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Kevin.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Did you try pressing a number key? That's what I do when I get that
> > message. It starts up the transcoding daemon.
> 
> 
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