[mythtv-users] possible bug in 0.28 mythtranscode

[James Abernathy]

> On Aug 5, 2016, at 6:48 PM, Mark Perkins <perkins1724 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> ....
>> In version 0.28 mythtranscode will create 'new-output-file.mpg' but it
>> deletes the original and now mythfrontend can't find it and gets an
>> error.
>> If I do not use the -o option it behaves correctly and mythfrontend
>> finds the same program and plays it but the cutlist has been applied
>> and deleted.
>> BTW, using the extension .ts instead of .mpg doesn't change the
>> behavior.
>> I see nothing in the 0.28 information that says the intent of
>> mythtranscode changed from 0.27 to 0.28.
>> Not sure of the rules here, but I've attached the console log to this
>> email.
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> This occurs in 0.27 as well and has for quite a while (9months? Maybe longer?). I recall seeing a few posts about it at the time. I use fifo mode and it deletes the file (at least last time i checked).
> 
> Found these posts probably relate:
> http://lists.mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-dev/2016-February/075333.html
> 
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/600188
> 

Okay to prove to myself, I’m not crazy, I did a new install of Mythbuntu 14.04.4 and updated everything but I didn’t turn on the repositories using MCC.  That gave me version 0.27-193-g8ee257c.  I recorded a program with commercials and edited it in mythfrontend and used the detected commercials and cleaned them up by adding more cuts, then saved the cutlist. I then ran my mythtranscode command from the terminal:

mythtranscode —chanid 1043 —starttime 20160806004800 —mpeg2 —honorcutlist -o Videos/test.mpg

The command worked and create the test.mpg without any commercials per the cutlist. But it didn’t delete any files and the database was untouched. When I went back into mythfrontend I could play the original program and the cutlist was as I and edited it.

So it’s definitely different behavior than what 0.28 does.  I’m going to enable the repositories for 0.27 and update then retest.

Jim A

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