[mythtv-users] Mp4 Seeking/Bookmarks?

Roger Heflin rogerheflin at gmail.com
Sat Jan 7 16:57:06 UTC 2012


On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Jason Gauthier <jgauthier at lastar.com> wrote:
> On 01/07/2012 03:54 PM, Jason Gauthier wrote:
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I've recently transcoded several videos output from an HPDVR to MP4.
>> The internal video format is the same. H264, and AAC audio. I just
>> changed the container, which reduced the size dramatically for TV
>> shows that are recorded and kept for a long time.
>>
>> However, I've discovered when playing them back, that seeking does not
>> work! The time bar changes, but the video does not seek forward or backward.
>>
>> Any suggestions as to why that is? Or if I need to transcode these
>> differently?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jason
>>
>
>>Have you tried mythcommflag --video <filename> ?
>
>>(or mythcommflag --help ?)
>
> No, and I'm not really certain what it would do for me.   I'm not that familiar with the mythcommflag process.

I have found after transcoding this is needed to get seeks to work
right:   It rebuilds the seek table.

mythcommflag --rebuild -f ${filename}


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