[mythtv-users] Transcoding an mpg file

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Dick,

Wednesday, July 16, 2014, 11:32:33 PM, you wrote:

> I have some mpg files that I generated by playing some video tapes into
> a ReplayTV, and then saving them with WiRNS. I want to put them in my 
> Videos collection in Myth. That's easy enough to do by moving the .mpg
> files to the correct directory and then running mythutil --scanvideos. I
> can watch the videos with Myth, but Myth doesn't know how to jump ahead
> and back. I understand this is because Myth didn't keep track of stuff
> while it was being recorded and that I need to run something to give 
> Myth that knowledge. I found Transcoding in the wiki which led me to 
> Mythtranscode. Then I ran into the issue of the documentation assuming I
> know what all those options mean.

> So, two questions:

> 1. Am I on the right track to giving Myth the information it needs to 
> allow for intelligent jumping around (and bookmarking) in the video?

> 2. If yes, which options do I need?

> Thanks.

To fix this for files recorded with mythtv:
mythcommflag --rebuild -f %FILE% will rebuild the seektables. I don't
know if this works with your external files.

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  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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