[mythtv-users] Converting mythtv capture to DVD
Steve Daniels
steve.p.daniels at googlemail.com
Thu Jul 20 07:25:05 UTC 2006
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> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of JCA
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> Subject: [mythtv-users] Converting mythtv capture to DVD
>
> I scheduled a recording with mythfrontend. Mythtv did the
> recording fine, creating an MPEG file. This file plays under mplayer
> in my Linux without problems.
>
> Now I fed the MPEG file to dvdauthor, using a dvdauthor.xml file
> that I have successfully used numerous times to create VIDEO_TS
> directories to be burnt to a DVD, which can then be played without
> problems on ordinary DVD players.
>
> The problem is that dvdauthor seems to be unable to process the
> MPEG file created by mythtv. It just prints out thousands of lines
> like the following:
>
> WARN: Skipping sector, waiting for first VOBU...
>
> And, occasionally, it prints out
>
> WARN: System header found, but PCI/DSI information is not where expected
> (make sure your system header is 18 bytes!)
>
> The contents of the VIDEO_TS directory are of course not created.
>
> I guess that this must be to do with the way in which I am
> capturing the video.
Out of interest, it might help to know just how you are capturing the video.
What card, what recording profile / settings, driver versions, myth versions
etc. I can't help you, but that info may be of more use to someone who might
be able to help :-)
> So, how is mythtv configured so that the MPEG
> files it creates are correctly processed by dvdauthor? Or, failing
> that, how can these MPEG files be processed for dvdauthor?
Sorry I can't help, but I hope the further info that I've asked for may help
others :-)
Steve Daniels
(who's body's just crashing having been up sick all night with only two
hours sleep!)
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