[mythtv-users] Transcode problems

[Yan Seiner]

Robert McNamara wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 7:14 AM, Yan Seiner <yan at seiner.com> wrote:
>   
>> Hah!  Thanks!
>>
>> So where do I find the transcode program?  I'm building 0.22 from source.
>>  The only transcode I see in the source is in nuvexport - and that's not
>> executable....
>>
>> --Yan
>>
>>
>>     
>
> It's its own project, separate from Myth.  Most distros have a package
> for it, though.
>   
OK, I got the package from debian-multimedia.  I guess the options have 
changed for 0.22, as it's failing with:

selene:/data20/mythtv/tmp# /usr/bin/transcode -i 
/data20/mythtv/tmp/Big_Trouble_in_Little_China/vob/ -g 720x480 -M 2 -y 
xvid -o /data20/mythtv/movies/Australia.avi --log_no_color -R 2,twopass.log
/usr/bin/transcode: unrecognized option `--log_no_color'
transcode v1.0.7 (C) 2001-2003 Thomas Oestreich, 2003-2004 T. 
Bitterberg, 2004-2008 Transcode Team
'transcode -h | more' shows a list of available command line options.

If I remove the --log_no_color option, I get a bit further but still no joy:

selene:/data20/mythtv/tmp# transcode -i 
/data20/mythtv/tmp/Big_Trouble_in_Little_China/vob/ -g 720x480 -M 2 -y 
xvid -o /data20/mythtv/movies/Australia.avi -R 2,twopass.log
transcode v1.0.7 (C) 2001-2003 Thomas Oestreich, 2003-2004 T. 
Bitterberg, 2004-2008 Transcode Team
[transcode] (probe) suggested AV correction -D 0 (0 ms) | AV 0 ms | 0 ms
[transcode] auto-probing source 
/data20/mythtv/tmp/Big_Trouble_in_Little_China/vob/ (ok)
[transcode] V: import format    | MPEG-2  (V=vob|A=vob)
[transcode] V: AV demux/sync    | (2) initial MPEG sequence / enforce 
frame rate
[transcode] V: import frame     | 720x480  1.50:1  encoded @ 4:3
[transcode] V: bits/pixel       | 0.174
[transcode] V: decoding fps,frc | 29.970,4
[transcode] V: multi-pass       | (mode=2) reading data (pass2) from 
twopass.log
[transcode] V: Y'CbCr           | YV12/I420
[transcode] A: import format    | 0x2001  AC3/A52      [48000,16,2]  448 
kbps
[transcode] A: export format    | 0x55    MPEG layer-3 [48000,16,2]  128 
kbps
[transcode] V: encoding fps,frc | 29.970,4
[transcode] A: bytes per frame  | 6408 (6406.400000)
[transcode] A: adjustment       | -1600 at 1000
[transcode] V: IA32/AMD64 accel | sse3 (sse3 sse2 sse 3dnowext 3dnow 
mmxext mmx asm C)
[transcode] V: IA32/AMD64 accel | using sse2 memcpy
[transcode] V: video buffer     | 10 @ 720x480
[import_vob.so] v0.6.0 (2003-10-02) (video) MPEG-2 | (audio) 
MPEG/AC3/PCM | (subtitle)
[export_xvid4.so] v0.0.6 (2007-08-11) (video) XviD 1.0.x series (aka API 
4.0) | (audio) MPEG/AC3/PCM
[import_vob.so] tccat -i 
"/data20/mythtv/tmp/Big_Trouble_in_Little_China/vob/" -t vob -d 0 -S 0 | 
tcdemux -a 0 -x ac3 -S 1 -M 2 -d 0 | tcextract -t vob -a 0 -x ac3 -d 0 | 
tcdecode -x a52 -d 0 -A 0
[import_vob.so] tccat -i 
"/data20/mythtv/tmp/Big_Trouble_in_Little_China/vob/" -t vob -d 0 -S 0 | 
tcdemux -s 0x80 -x mpeg2 -S 1 -M 2 -f 29.970030 -P /tmp/fileHNBYpg   -d 
0 | tcextract -t vob -a 0 -x mpeg2 -d 0 | tcdecode -x mpeg2 -d 0 -y yv12
[tcdecode] critical: (pid=23938) unable to handle codec a52
[decode_mpeg2.c] libmpeg2 acceleration: 3dnow
[export_xvid4.so] Neither './xvid4.cfg' nor '~/.transcode/xvid4.cfg'
[export_xvid4.so] found. Default settings will be used instead.
Audio: using new version
Audio: using lame-3.98.2

clean up | frame threads | unload modules | cancel signal | internal 
threads | done
[transcode] encoded 0 frames (9 dropped, 0 cloned), clip length   0.00 s

Grrrr....

I guess I'll build latest transcode from source.....

--Yan


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