[mythtv-users] How to transcode HD recording

PlainFaceBoy plainfaceboy at hotmail.com
Fri Jan 3 20:10:29 UTC 2014


> On 03/01/14 13:10, plainface boy wrote:
>> When I want to keep a TV recording I usually create a cut list to remove 
>> adverts and manually transcode on 'High Quality' (lossless, no resize)
>> to remove them. It works fine, except on a couple of HD recordings I 
>> have. The cut list saves and the recordings playback without the adverts
>> but transcode does not actually remove them.
>> It appears to run, but finishes quite quickly and the cut list is still 
>> there.
>> Some info from backend log is below.....22200_20140102225400.mpg is the 
>> file of the recording I'm trying to transcode.
>> Not sure where it's looking for the tmp file, but my tmp folder and 
>> var/tmp folder have enough room for a 13GB file...
>> I've seen other posts about a similar error, but not any solutions, so 
>> thanks for any help!
>>
>> Jan  3 11:00:04 ....mythbackend: mythbackend[1562]: I Transcode_900
>> jobqueue.cpp:1991 (DoTranscodeThread) JobQueue: Transcode Starting for
>> .....": High Quality (13.2 GB)
>> Jan  3 11:00:05 .... mythbackend: mythbackend[1562]: I ProcessRequest
>> mainserver.cpp:1420 (HandleAnnounce) MainServer::ANN Monitor
>> Jan  3 11:00:05 ....mythbackend: mythbackend[1562]: I ProcessRequest
>> mainserver.cpp:1422 (HandleAnnounce) adding: ... as a client (events: 0)
>> Jan  3 11:00:05 .... mythbackend: mythbackend[1562]: I ProcessRequest
>> mainserver.cpp:1420 (HandleAnnounce) MainServer::ANN Monitor
>> Jan  3 11:00:05 .... mythbackend: mythbackend[1562]: I ProcessRequest
>> mainserver.cpp:1422 (HandleAnnounce) adding: .... as a client (events: 1)
>> Jan  3 11:00:05 .... mythbackend: mythbackend[1562]: E ProcessRequest
>> mainserver.cpp:4784 (HandleDeleteFile) Unable to find
>> 22200_20140102225400.mpg.tmp in HandleDeleteFile()
>> Jan  3 11:00:06 .... mythbackend: mythbackend[1562]: I Transcode_900
>> jobqueue.cpp:2087 (DoTranscodeThread) JobQueue: Transcode Errored:
>> ....": High Quality (exit status 255, job status was "Errored")
>
> Other recent threads have been trying to downsize.  You are trying to
> use lossless cutting, which AIUI works only with mpeg2 recordings.  I
> may have overlooked clues about what your HD format is, but you may need
> another tool.
>
yes - I'm trying to use lossless cutting.
Recording format seems to be;
H264-MPEG-4 AVC, 1920x1080, 25fps, Planar 4:2:0 YUV
so mpeg4.
Is there a way of doing this within mythtv?

 



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