[mythtv-users] MythArchive: dvdauthor problems again

Paul Harrison mythtv at dsl.pipex.com
Wed May 31 19:20:16 UTC 2006


Daniel A Segel wrote:
> Lukas Kasprowicz wrote:
>   
>> Am Dienstag, den 30.05.2006, 17:24 -0700 schrieb Daniel A. Segel:
>>
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>>> ************************************************************
>>> ERROR: Failed while running dvdauthor. Result: -11
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>> Sorry for the short message its late i have to go to bed ;)
>>
>> http://cvs.mythtv.org/trac/changeset/10059
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>> Please read the message.
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>>     
> OK, but here's the weird thing:
>
> I have MythBurn installed separately from MythArchive on the same 
> machine. They both use the same programs (e.g. dvdauthor) to do their 
> job. They both offer similar choices for menus, etc.
>
> MythBurn works, all the way through to dvdauthor, and successfully 
> creates an ISO file. MythArchive, fed the same source file and given 
> similar options, does not - it does something that makes dvdauthor to 
> crash. I take this to mean that it is feeding some of the upstream 
> programs options that are resulting in a bad intermediate file.
>
> I could be wrong, but it doesn't look to me like dvdauthor is the 
> problem. For many of my recordings in the past, and for one particular 
> recording now, MythBurn works and MythArchive does not.
>
> That being said, I love MythArchive and much prefer it to my MythBurn 
> installation because MythArchive integrated into Myth itself and the 
> developer seems very helpful. I just wish it worked as well as MythBurn.
>
> Daniel
>
>   
Its an interesting observation but even so dvdauthor shouldn't segfault. 
That _is_ a serious but in dvdauthor no matter how its caused. If I can 
figure out whats changed to cause the segfault I'll fix it. But its not 
going to be easy because I can't reproduce it.

Paul H.



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