[mythtv-users] Trying to Understand mythcommflag --rebuild

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/13/2009 09:01 PM, Drew Tomlinson wrote:
> Michael T. Dean wrote:
>   
>> On 02/13/2009 03:45 PM, Drew Tomlinson wrote:
>>     
>>> It is my understanding that the "mythcommflag --rebuild"
>>> command is
>>> supposed to fix this by rebuilding the seek table.  Is this correct?
>>>       
>> You need to use mythtranscode --buildindex --mpeg2 (which does /not/
>> transcode the show) after (what I'm assuming is lossless) transcoding.
>>
>> Read http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Repairing_the_Seektable for
>> information and help fixing the seektable.
> I tried this but the result was a 0 byte file.  What would cause that? 
> My specific command was the one you mention above plus "-i
> </path/filename>".
>   

Use the command in the page I referenced.  It shouldn't be creating a 
file (unless you're doing a redirect or something).

>> The broken seektable would cause the length issue you described.
>>
>> Note that mythcommflag --rebuild is working in trunk for all known
>> MPEG-2.
>>     
> I may have to try that.  :)

You're probably better off figuring out mythtranscode --buildindex.  :)

Mike