[mythtv-users] auto-transcode and keyframe indexing

[Nicolas Will]

On Mon, 2008-12-01 at 22:36 +0000, Nicolas Will wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I am a DVB-T user.
> 
> I am using the lossless MPEG-2 transcode to go from transport streams to
> program streams and save the average 20% disk space.
> 
> I have set the commercial detection to run after the transcode.
> 
> So things should be running in that order:
>      1. record
>      2. transcode
>      3. generate keyframes index (as part of transcode)
>      4. commercial detection
> 
> I have noticed that since I've set the auto-transcode that none of my
> recordings have a proper keyframe index.
> 
> Manually re-indexing using mythcommflag makes ffwd and rwd fine again.
> 
> 
> 
> I have looked at the logs, and yes, the transcode script forces a
> keyframes indexing.
> 
> However, the transcode script appears to first generate an <original
> file name>.tmp file. The re-indexing also appears to be run against
> this .tmp file. Then there should a swap to the original file name, as
> the .tmp file is never mentioned again and the file is not on disk
> anymore.
> 
> 
> 
> I have left a backend log starting at recording end and ending after the
> commercial detection here:
> 
> http://www.youplala.net/~will/htpc/transcode_and_indexing_problem.txt
> 
> 
> I'm running Mythbuntu 8.10, using the packaged MythTV:
> 
> nico at favia:~$ less /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log
> nico at favia:~$ mythbackend --version
> Please include all output in bug reports.
> MythTV Version   : 18722
> MythTV Branch    : branches/release-0-21-fixes
> Library API      : 0.21.20080304-1
> Network Protocol : 40
> Options compiled in:
>  linux profile using_oss using_alsa using_arts using_jack using_backend
> using_dbox2 using_dvb using_firewire using_frontend using_hdhomerun
> using_iptv using_ivtv using_joystick_menu using_libfftw3 using_lirc
> using_opengl_vsync using_opengl_video using_v4l using_x11 using_xrandr
> using_xv using_xvmc using_xvmcw using_xvmc_vld using_glx_proc_addr_arb
> using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python using_opengl
> using_ffmpeg_threads using_libavc_5_3 using_live
> 
> 
> 
> Any help, pointers would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Nico

What? 24h and no solution?

I must have been spoilt or lucky before.

Or am I mistaking keyframe indexing with seektable building, and it is
so obvious that I am an idiot that nobody want to point it out?

Nico