[mythtv-users] transcode

[James Linder]

> On 10 Mar 2019, at 10:18 pm, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:
> 
>> Hi
>> 
>> since mythtranscode does not handle h264 I?ve been trying to use mythffmpeg.
>> The best I can gather via google is
>> 
>> ffmpeg -i "test.avi" -c:v libx264 -crf 20 -c:a aac -strict -2 ?test.mp4?
>> 
> 
> I use the following shell to cut mp4 ts files using the cutlist generated from editing in mythfrontend:
> 
> https://pastebin.com/SkMT2BRe <https://pastebin.com/SkMT2BRe>
> 
> It uses the passwd info from /etc/mythtv/config.xml. there is a temp directory used that can be changed as well as the directory where the recordings live.
> 
> I then create a user job using the following for the execute field:
> 
> /usr/local/bin/ffcut.sh %DIR% %CHANID% %STARTTIMEUTC% >> /tmp/ffcut.log
> 
> You will need to tweak the next line(line29 of the shell) depending on how you use mysql or mariadb:
> 
> basename=`mysql --login-path=local -N "${dbname}" <<-EOF

Jay very interesting

Instead of diving into the DB this is an easy way to get the cutlist

    cutlist=`mythutil --getcutlist -q -q --video $srcname | sed -s s/Cutlist://`

Likewise

    mythutil --setcutlist $cutlist --video $TMPNAME

but I often have sub-second glitches (eg a flash of the last commercial

Do your tools have artifacts (1 good run does not prove that all runs are good)
Once I have cutlist’d the tmp file I mythtranscode.

Part of my hastle is massaging video for a Samsung uPnP. Eg the TV will play mpg files. It will not play a container called x.mpg but renaming it .avi and it will play. It also accepts mp4, but I've yet to try re-naminhq

James