[mythtv-users] mythcommflag not working

[Rob Owens]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carl Hunter" <cdhunter2 at yahoo.com>
> 
> On 9/12/2014 11:59 AM, Carl Hunter wrote:
> > I was able to find some hardware and I installed Mythbuntu 11.10 that
> > comes with Myth 0.24.  I updated myth to the latest 0.24-fixes.  I then
> > recorded a half hour show without any source.  It flagged the file by
> > default and didn't find any commercial breaks like expected.  I then
> > took a .mpg (PVR-150) recorded off my Mythbuntu 14.04 system with
> > 0.27-fixes that doesn't get flagged properly and copied it over top of
> > the blank recording on the Mythbuntu 11.10 system.  I ran mythcommflag
> > on it and it found 3 commercial breaks.  So Myth 0.24 works fine but
> > Myth 0.27 doesn't.  I still think the problem is with the (GetFrame)
> > decoding error.  Any insight?
> 
> I'm looking for some help from a myth developer.  I think I've hit a
> wall in what to look at next.  I'm pretty sure the problem is with the
> FFmpeg update going from Myth 0.24 to 0.25.  I was able to track down
> the error code -541478725.  It's AVERROR_EOF.  With SD recordings on
> 0.24 I get only one of these errors at the end of mythcommflag which
> makes sense.  On 0.27 I get a whole bunch of these errors and then
> mythcommflag quits.  It quits in much less time than on 0.24 and doesn't
> find any commercials.  It's almost as if FFmpeg doesn't know how to read
> an SD recording from a PVR150 correctly any more.  What's strange to me
> is playback still works fine.  Could someone explain why I get so many
> -541478725 errors?
> 
Carl, thanks for working on this.  Unfortunately I'm not a developer so I can't help you w/ these errors, but I'm watching in anticipation...

-Rob