[mythtv-users] Auto transcode and commercial cutting not happening

[Adam Bodnar]

Not sure whether you're using FC or debian or gentoo...but least with
the ATrpms, they were set to log all backend stuff to
/var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log or maybe I turned that on...either way
it's a great place to watch cause you will see lines like this in the
log.

2005-09-21 20:01:00.694 Starting Commercial Flagging for "Lost"
recorded from channel 1003 at Wed Sep 21 19:00:00 2005.
2005-09-21 20:01:00.708 commflag: Commercial Flagging Starting
2005-09-21 20:01:03.349 New DB connection, total: 1
2005-09-21 20:01:03.419 New DB connection, total: 2
2005-09-21 20:17:47.120 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2005-09-21 20:17:47.156 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client (events: 0)

2005-09-21 20:31:35.058 commflag: Commercial Flagging Finished
2005-09-21 20:31:35.067 Finished, 6 break(s) found.
2005-09-21 20:32:02.878 New DB connection, total: 2
2005-09-21 20:32:02.898 Transcoding from
/video/recordings//1003_20050921190000_20050921200000.nuv to
/video/recordings//1003_20050921190000_20050921200000.nuv.tmp


On 9/21/05, Craig Hagerman <craighagerman at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/22/05, Robert Tsai <rtsai1111 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > You are using the wrong command-line arguments. You need to be using
> > "-s" and "-c":
> >
> >         % mythtranscode -c 1025 -s 2005-04-28T19:30:00
> >
> > Easiest thing to do is to use Myth frontend to Start Transcoding, and
> > use "ps" to see what is going on.
> >
> > --Rob
> >
>
> Thanks Rob, but -c and -s are the flags for transcoding on the fly
> aren't they? I have a file that has already been recorded and want to
> transcode that. I don't need to tell it a channel or starttime, but
> rather an input file. And it fails. (Also, I am doing this all from
> the commandline or through mythweb - backend is in a remote location
> so I don't watch / transcode through the front end)
>
> Craig
>
> mythtranscode --help gives this information:
>
> # mythtranscode --help
> Usage: mythtranscode <--chanid <channelid>>
>         <--starttime <starttime>> <--profile <profile>>
>         [options]
>
>         --chanid       or -c: Takes a channel id. REQUIRED
>         --starttime    or -s: Takes a starttime for the
>                 recording. REQUIRED
>         --infile       or -i: Input file (Alternative to -c and -s)
>         --profile      or -p: Takes a profile number of 'autodetect'
>                 recording profile. REQUIRED
>         --honorcutlist or -l: Specifies whether to use the cutlist.
>         --allkeys      or -k: Specifies that the output file
>                 should be made entirely of keyframes.
>         --database     or -d: Store status in the db
>         --fifodir      or -f: Directory to write fifos to
>                 If --fifodir is specified, 'audout' and 'vidout'
>                 will be created in the specified directory
>         --fifosync          : Enforce fifo sync
>         --buildindex   or -b: Build a new keyframe index
>                 (use only if audio and video fifos are read independantly)
>         --showprogress      : Display status info to the stdout
>         --help         or -h: Prints this help statement.
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