[mythtv-users] mythtranscode issues

[Dewey Smolka]

On 9/19/06, Ákos Maróy <darkeye at tyrell.hu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to use mythtranscode to transcode a recorded Live TV program
> to some generic format. I'm having problems with the --profile option,
> for example:
>
> $ mythtranscode -i /home/tv/var/store/1040_20060918230910.nuv -p MPEG2
> -o kulturhaz.mpg

>
> here are the contents of the recordingprofiles table of my database:
>
> mysql> select * from recordingprofiles;
> +----+----------------+------------+------------+--------------+
> | id | name           | videocodec | audiocodec | profilegroup |
> +----+----------------+------------+------------+--------------+
> |  1 | Default        | NULL       | NULL       |            1 |
> |  2 | Live TV        | NULL       | NULL       |            1 |
> |  3 | High Quality   | NULL       | NULL       |            1 |
> |  4 | Low Quality    | NULL       | NULL       |            1 |
> |  5 | Default        | NULL       | NULL       |            2 |
> |  6 | Live TV        | NULL       | NULL       |            2 |
> |  7 | High Quality   | NULL       | NULL       |            2 |
> |  8 | Low Quality    | NULL       | NULL       |            2 |
> |  9 | Default        | NULL       | NULL       |            3 |
> | 10 | Live TV        | NULL       | NULL       |            3 |
> | 11 | High Quality   | NULL       | NULL       |            3 |
> | 12 | Low Quality    | NULL       | NULL       |            3 |
> | 13 | Default        | NULL       | NULL       |            4 |
> | 14 | Live TV        | NULL       | NULL       |            4 |
> | 15 | High Quality   | NULL       | NULL       |            4 |
> | 16 | Low Quality    | NULL       | NULL       |            4 |
> | 17 | Default        | NULL       | NULL       |            5 |
> | 18 | Live TV        | NULL       | NULL       |            5 |
> | 19 | High Quality   | NULL       | NULL       |            5 |
> | 20 | Low Quality    | NULL       | NULL       |            5 |
> | 21 | RTjpeg/MPEG4   | NULL       | NULL       |            6 |
> | 22 | MPEG2          | NULL       | NULL       |            6 |
> | 23 | Default        | NULL       | NULL       |            8 |
> | 24 | Live TV        | NULL       | NULL       |            8 |
> | 25 | High Quality   | NULL       | NULL       |            8 |
> | 26 | Low Quality    | NULL       | NULL       |            8 |
> | 27 | High Quality   | NULL       | NULL       |            6 |
> | 28 | Medium Quality | MPEG-4     | MP3        |            6 |
> | 29 | Low Quality    | NULL       | NULL       |            6 |
> +----+----------------+------------+------------+--------------+
> 29 rows in set (0.00 sec)
>

All those NULLs mean you don't have profiles properly set up. Go into
your FE, Utilities/Setup -> Setup -> TV Settings -> Recording Profiles
-> Transcoders.