[mythtv-users] mythcommflag corrupting recordings

[Joann Bessler]

On 16-Sep-08, at 5:00 AM, kanetse wrote:
>
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 6:50 PM, Joann Bessler <bessler at dccnet.com>  
> wrote:
>>
>> I sympathize. I have been seeing this for months ... only on US
>> network shows recorded over firewire in HD. Some shows are fine, most
>> prime time high-profile offerings are unwatchable. My solution has
>> been to deprecate the recording priority on those channels so that
>> myth prefers to record on a Canadian carrier, or, if necessary, will
>> record all US network shows in SD, which is a shame, really. My
>> husband blames a CRTC conspiracy.
>
> If you don't mind me asking, where are you located and what TV
> provider are you using?  I'm on Shaw Cable in Vancouver.

We're just south of you, using Delta Cable.

> If it helps any, I've found that running a quick transcode job seems
> to fix the problem; but the catch seems to be that I have to wait
> until the recording is completely recorded before I can run the
> transcode job - so I can't watch recordings as they're being recorded.
>
> I've set up a user job with the following command "mythtranscode
> --mpeg2 --buildindex --allkeys --showprogress --infile <filepath>"
> which is run after every show is recorded.  It only takes 3-4 minutes
> to run for a one hour HD recording, so its fast.

On first blush your mythtranscode command seems to work, though I  
haven't tested it extensively. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll keep  
looking into it.

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