[mythtv-users] Transcoding an mpg file

[John Pilkington]

On 16/07/14 22:32, Dick Steffens 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.
>

Try

mythcommflag --rebuild --video -f <filename>