[mythtv-users] mytharchive fails on mpeg4 transcoded file

[Paul Harrison]

Andrew Lees wrote:
> I hope this is the right place to post questions about mytharchive -
> please be kind if not!
>
> When I try to burn a transcoded file, I get a message about
> streaminfo.xml not existing. When I execute mytharchivehelper on the
> file with something like:
>
> mytharchivehelper -i /mnt/video/3022_20060512183522.nuv x.xml
>
> I get:
>
> 2006-05-30 12:41:44.969 Opening /mnt/video/3022_20060512183522.nuv
> [mpeg @ 0xa62bc000]Could not find codec parameters (Video: mpeg2video)
> 2006-05-30 12:41:49.236 Couldn't get stream info, error #-1
>
> and no xml file is produced, hence the previous error.
>
> When I run mplayer on the file I get:
>
> Playing /mnt/video/3022_20060512183522.nuv.
> NuppelVideo file format detected.
> File not found: '/home/mythtv/.mplayer/default.sub'
> Failed to open /home/mythtv/.mplayer/default.sub
> ==========================================================================
> Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
> AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 128.0 kbit/8.33% (ratio: 16000->192000)
> Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm: mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
> ==========================================================================
> ==========================================================================
> Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
> Selected video codec: [ffodivx] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-4)
> ==========================================================================
> AO: [oss] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
> Starting playback...
> VDec: vo config request - 480 x 384 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
> VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
> Movie-Aspect is 1.25:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
> VO: [xv] 480x384 => 480x384 Planar YV12
>
> Any suggestions as what might be the problem?  I realise that I am using
> an in-progress tool, and bits might not yet be there, but should this
> work at this point?
>
> I have last night's checkins from svn.
>
> Regards
>
> Andrew
>   
To be honest I haven't tried it with any NuppelVideo files. All my 
encoding cards produce mpeg2 and I don't bother transcoding anything.
It looks like libavcodec/libavformat can't handle the NuppelVideo 
container format so MythArchive is going to have problems :-(

Paul H.