[mythtv-users] MythArchive: I don't get it

[The GUIGuy]

I am confident that I am following the available information
(http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/MythArchive).

In particular I have followed the instructions at
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/MythArchive#To_create_a_DVD

and, of course, taken on board the hints and tips offered here.

Nevertheless, it just doesn't seem to work. As my test I wanted to
create an ISO file suitable for a single layer DVD. To fit the two files
onto the disk they have to be reduced to SD.

I get up to the log viewer screen, which reports this:

[progress.log]
2008-12-27 10:38:17 mythburn.py (0.1.20080726-1-fixes) starting up...
2008-12-27 10:38:17 Found 2 CPUs
2008-12-27 10:38:17 Obtaining MythTV settings from MySQL database for
hostname mythserver01
2008-12-27 10:38:17 temppath: /var/lib/mytharchive/temp/work
2008-12-27 10:38:17 logpath:  /var/lib/mytharchive/temp/logs
2008-12-27 10:38:17 Setting process priority to 17
2008-12-27 10:38:17 Processing Mythburn job number 1.
2008-12-27 10:38:17 Options - mediatype = 0, doburn = 0, createiso = 1,
erasedvdrw = 0
2008-12-27 10:38:17           savefilename = ''
2008-12-27 10:38:17 Looking for:
/usr/share/mythtv/mytharchive/themes/G.A.N.T. - Animated/theme.xml
2008-12-27 10:38:17 Loading font 0, /usr/share/mythtv/FreeSans.ttf size 23
2008-12-27 10:38:17 Loading font 1, /usr/share/mythtv/FreeSans.ttf size 19
2008-12-27 10:38:17 Loading font 2, /usr/share/mythtv/FreeSans.ttf size 17
2008-12-27 10:38:17 wantIntro: 1, wantMainMenu: 1, wantChapterMenu:1,
wantDetailsPage: 1
2008-12-27 10:38:17 Final DVD Video format will be pal
2008-12-27 10:38:17 There are 2 files to process
2008-12-27 10:38:20 Pre-processing recording 1:
'/var/lib/mythtv/recordings/1020_20081120180953.mpg'
2008-12-27 10:38:20           Planet Earth
2008-12-27 10:38:20 Video resolution is 1280 by 720
2008-12-27 10:38:20 Pre-processing recording 2:
'/var/lib/mythtv/recordings/1020_20081127180600.mpg'
2008-12-27 10:38:20           Planet Earth
2008-12-27 10:38:20 Video resolution is 1280 by 720
2008-12-27 10:38:20
*************************************************************
2008-12-27 10:38:20 Processing recording 1:
'/var/lib/mythtv/recordings/1020_20081120180953.mpg'
2008-12-27 10:38:20
*************************************************************
2008-12-27 10:38:20 File type is 'mpegts'
2008-12-27 10:38:20 Video codec is 'mpeg2video'
2008-12-27 10:38:20 File has a cut list - running mythtranscode to
remove unwanted segments
2008-12-27 10:44:02 Failed while running mythtranscode to cut
commercials and/or clean up an mpeg2 file.
Result: 1, Command was mythtranscode --mpeg2 --honorcutlist -c 1020 -s
2008-11-20T18:09:53 -o /var/lib/mytharchive/temp/work/1/newfile.mpg
2008-12-27 10:44:02 Failed to run mythtranscode to remove unwanted segments
2008-12-27 10:44:02 File will be re-encoded using profile SP
2008-12-27 10:44:04 Preferred audio languages aar and aar
2008-12-27 10:44:04 Video id: 0x204, Audio1: [1] 0x28e (AC3, eng),
Audio2: [-1] - 0x-1 (N/A, N/A)
2008-12-27 10:44:04 Aspect ratio is 16:9
2008-12-27 10:44:04 Re-encoding audio and video
2008-12-27 10:44:04 Using encoder profiles from
/usr/share/mythtv/mytharchive/encoder_profiles/ffmpeg_dvd_pal.xml
2008-12-27 10:44:04 Encoding profile (SP) found
2008-12-27 10:44:04 ffmpeg -threads 2 -v 1 -i
"/var/lib/mythtv/recordings/1020_20081120180953.mpg" -r pal -target dvd
-b 4771k -s 720x576 -acodec copy -copyts -aspect 16:9
"/var/lib/mytharchive/temp/work/1/newfile2.mpg" -map 0:0 -map 0:1
2008-12-27 10:44:13
************************************************************
2008-12-27 10:44:13 ERROR: Failed while running ffmpeg to re-encode video.
Command was ffmpeg -threads 2 -v 1 -i
"/var/lib/mythtv/recordings/1020_20081120180953.mpg" -r pal -target dvd
-b 4771k -s 720x576 -acodec copy -copyts -aspect 16:9
"/var/lib/mytharchive/temp/work/1/newfile2.mpg" -map 0:0 -map 0:1
2008-12-27 10:44:13
************************************************************
2008-12-27 10:44:13
2008-12-27 10:44:13 Terminated
[/progress.log]

The fatal error message "ERROR: Failed while running ffmpeg to re-encode
video." is frustratingly empty of meaning to me at least.

The one issue I do see in the log is
"2008-12-27 10:38:17           savefilename = ''"

savefilename hasn't been assigned. I assume this should be be iso file's
name? If a user assignment has to be made, where?

Can anyone help out or is it best to continue to use nuvexport?

Cheers




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The GuiGuy

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-- 
The GuiGuy

   ,-._|\
  /  Oz  \
  \_,--._/
        v

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
They are not a nation of snobs like the English or of extravagant 
boasters like the Americans or of reckless profligates like the French, 
they are simply a nation of drunkards
(Marcus Clark - Englishman)