[mythtv-users] ProcessPAT: Program not found in PAT. Desired program # not found in PAT

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Mike,

Thursday, February 4, 2016, 12:16:22 AM, you wrote:

> On 03/02/16 21:08, Jason Zarin wrote:
>> Mark Perkins perkins1724 at hotmail.com
>> Wed Feb 3 20:33:12 UTC 2016
>> Previous message (by thread): [mythtv-users] ProcessPAT: Program not found
>> in PAT. Desired program # not found in PAT
>>
>>
>>> So just to clarify, you have working audio and video in the recording up
>> to some "point" where the audio disappears and the file is corrupted in
>> some fashion but video is still present?
>>
>> Exactly. Right at the point that the error log occurs there's a slight
>> video glitch in the recording. From that point on, video returns to normal
>> but audio is gone. I use kodi as a frontend, and the video will continue to
>> play, silently. If you try to select an audio track, it won't let you (the
>> audio track list is greyed out) (kodi selecting audio tracks works fine
>> w/unaffected mythtv recordings).
>>
>> The affected mpg file will crash VLC when it gets to the "glitch". It will
>> load in mplayer, but shows 0 audio tracks.
>>
>> I've download the affected mpg files to my non-myththv computer to see if
>> it's a linux-specific thing that causes the file not to play. But when
>> downloaded to my mac, at least, the affected mpg recordings won't play
>> either. "Normal" mpg files download from the mythtv backend play perfectly
>> on that mac.
>>
> (snip)
>>
> You could try running your file(s) through Handbrake as a test,
> just doing video copy/ audio copy. 
> Handbrake seems to have the ability to "repair" certain levels of
> glitch or transmission corruption.


I think you have to focus on some occasional disturbance in the path
from your homerun to the file. So mainly network and disk IO.


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