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

[Drew Tomlinson]

Michael T. Dean wrote:
> 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).

It appears that "--allkeys" is the key (pun intended).

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Thanks,

Drew

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