[mythtv-users] mythtranscode does not honor cutlist when executed from the shell

[Kevin Kuphal]

John Drescher wrote:
> I am having a serious problem with av sync that has begun since I
> switched over from mythburn to mytharchive a few months back. While
> trying to track down the source of that problem I am having a problem
> with running mythtranscode from the shell. This problem is when I run
> mythtranscode from the shell it does not use the cutlist even though I
> pass --honorcutlist or even -l as a param.
>
> Here is the command I executed:
>  mythtranscode --mpeg2 --honorcutlist -i 2010_20060810145900.mpg -o
> 2010_20060810145900.mpg.new  --showprogress
>
> # ls -alh 2010_20060810145900.mpg*
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.3G Aug 12 04:18 2010_20060810145900.mpg
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.2G Aug 12 05:59 2010_20060810145900.mpg.new
>
> After transcoding the file is 2.2GB which is not much different from
> the ~2.3GB it was before the transcode. The thing is this program is
> over 30% commercials and typically when I run high quality transcode
> from inside myth the file becomes ~1.2GB. I have also verifyied that
> the commercials are still in.
>
>   
Just to be sure, you have a *cutlist* and not just a commercial flag 
list?  There is a difference.  You can turn the commflag list into a 
cutlist in the editor by pressing Z or using mythcommflag --gencutlist

Kevin