[mythtv-users] mythtranscode --mpeg2 lossless transcode broken in .26 - ticket #11090

[Scott Harris]

>> Just tried to run the command line manually on a file and got:
>> 
>> 2012-10-21 20:30:21.104650 E  Deadlock detected.  One buffer is full
>> when the other is empty!  Aborting
>> 2012-10-21 20:30:21.105993 E  Transcoding
>> /storage1/video/1665_20121022002200.mpg failed
>> 
>> is there any other way to losslessy cut commercials out right now, or
>> is this close to a fix?


>The workaround here is to use mythtranscode from 0.25.    In my case, I
>compiled mythtv 0.25/fixes from source and then just copied the
>mythtranscode executable over the existing 0.26 one.   (after making a
>backup, of course)

>I tried using it with my patched mythburn.py script to verify, but sadly
>the projectx fixes I applied also break the mythtranscode method.  (e.g.
>the use of "mv2" file extensions).    But the mythtranscode part itself
>works.


>-WD

Yep, copying a 0.25 version of mythtranscode of the 0.26 version work good.