[mythtv-users] mythtranscode barfing

[Jens Axboe]

On Wed, Sep 13 2006, Janne Grunau wrote:
> On Wednesday 13 September 2006 13:55, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 13 2006, Janne Grunau wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 13 September 2006 08:18, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I have a dvb-c setup that works quite nicely, except for
> > > > mythtranscode.
> > >
> > > The mpeg2 lossless transcode is not as stable aseveryone wishes.
> >
> > Newbie question: can mythtranscode do mpeg2 -> divx (or whatever)
> > conversions to save some more space, or would that be left for user
> > defined jobs?
> 
> Yes it can. You have to configure a transcoding profile to activate it 
> (Setup -> TV Settings -> Recording Profiles -> Transcoders). Uncheck 
> the Lossless transcoding radio button and you should be able to setup 
> mpeg4 or rtjpeg as output codec. 

Great thanks, will try that when I'm back home.

> > > > 2006-09-12 14:28:48.628 Unknown video codec:
> > >
> > > It segfaults after printing this line? I probably kow the error but
> > > hadn't the time to fix it properly. I'll mail either a hack to
> > > avoid the segfault or a proper fix today.
> >
> > It just exits nicely, no segfault.
> 
> Hmm, maybe a different error then. Not sure if it will bite for the divx 
> transcode too. It will help if you can make the first one or two 
> megabytes of the file available.

I'll mail you the location privately.

-- 
Jens Axboe