[mythtv-users] 0.24 Python Bindings - Transcode Wrapper Script

[Robert Houghton]

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Christopher Kerr <mythtv at theseekerr.com>wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 4:46 AM, Robert Houghton <robbadler at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 7:26 AM, Christopher Kerr <mythtv at theseekerr.com
> >
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> Just trying to get a transcoding job working using the Wrapper Script
> >> on the wiki, and I seem to be running up against some issues with the
> >> Python bindings:
> >>
> >> Traceback (most recent call last):
> >>  File "./x264_inplace.py", line 96, in <module>
> >>    main()
> >>  File "./x264_inplace.py", line 88, in main
> >>    runjob(jobid=args[0])
> >>  File "./x264_inplace.py", line 24, in runjob
> >>    sg = findfile(rec.basename, rec.storagegroup, db=db)
> >> NameError: global name 'findfile' is not defined
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The script is marked as 0.24 compatible, so I'd appreciate any help
> >> anyone can offer with getting it working!
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Chris
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> >
> > Chris,
> >
> > I recently added a perl script to the wiki that does x264 transcoding. It
> > would be trivial to have this script replace the recording file instead
> > adding to the sql
> >
> > http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/High_Quality_Transcode
> >
> > If you get your script working, maybe post it to the wiki as well for
> > comparison?
>
> Robert,
>
> I've been using your script, but I'm not particularly fluent in Perl,
> so changing anything more than the exposed parameters is a bit beyond
> me. I've tweaked it to suit my needs (forced channels to stereo, used
> a constant rate factor instead of an average bit rate) and it's been
> working well, but I'm not confident that I understand it well enough
> to go changing the bits that directly manipulate the database.
>
> - Chris
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Chris,

I will put in a flag to do in-place transcode in the near future. Maybe I'll
even add comments :)

-Robert
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