[mythtv-users] mythtv very confused about length of recording

[Marco Nelissen]

Yeechang Lee <ylee at pobox.com> wrote:
> Marco Nelissen <marcone at xs4all.nl> says:
> > I have this recording that is about an hour long, however mythtv thinks
> > it's 2 minutes and 31 seconds. As a result, skipping forward and backward
> > is... interesting.
> > I tried rebuilding the seektable with mythcommflag, but it had no effect.
> > How can I convince mythtv that this recording is in fact 1 hour long?
>
> mythtranscode \
> --mpeg2 \
> --buildindex \
> --allkeys # Works without this, but frames smear a little at jumps \
> -c xxxx # Four-digit channel number (see recording's filename)[1] \
> -s yyyy-mm-dd-hh-mm # Date and time recording began (see filename) \
> --showprogress \
> --verbose important,general # Because I like detail

That did the trick. Thanks!
Between having to run mythtranscode this time around, and mythcommflag
the last time something was screwed up, it seems like a "repair this
recording"-option within mythtv would be useful.