[mythtv-users] TV Recording to DVD

[Paul Harrison]

lanas wrote:
> On Thursday, 4 Oct 2007 15:41:23 -0700,
> David Brodbeck <gull at gull.us> wrote :
>
>
>   
>>>   How does one transfer to DVD a TV recording ?  It doesn't seem
>>> that there's such an option in the menus (recent Mythdora).
>>>       
>
>   
>> The 'mytharchive' plugin is probably your best bet.
>>     
>
>   
>> Note that it must be run from a combined frontend/backend that has  
>> direct access to the recording directory.  Running it from a remote  
>> frontend won't work.
>>     
>
> It is indeed a single installation, Mythdora 4.  I've tried it
> once yesterday but eventually shut down the computer due to other
> things to do.  Today I'm trying it again.  Now, the file selected
> yesterday is already selected.  When I hit 'Create DVD' it immediately
> goes to this Log Viewer screen and after some 5 seconds (auto update I
> presume) it shows log statements ending with ffmpeg but, from
> yesterday's.
>
> What I'm trying here is to get the user interface experience.  Of
> course, I can pop up a terminal and do a 'ps aux' and see that there is
> no ffmpeg running at the moment.  But still MythTV log viewer shows me
> the log statement from yesterday.
>
> How can I reset this whole DVD creation process ?  If I try unselecting
> the file int he file list it reports 'you must at least select one
> file'.  And when I hit 'Create DVD' it shows me log statements from
> yesterday.
>
> Any idea how to get this going ?
>
> Thanks.
>   

Basically you need to find and delete the 'mythburn.lck' lock file.

This is such a FAQ that I've added it to MythArchive's FAQ section on
the wiki.
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/MythArchive#FAQ

Paul H.