[mythtv-users] Impor

[Michael T. Dean]

On 09/05/2007 10:42 AM, Rob Dege wrote:
> I'm trying to import a DVD into my MythVideo library.  The system is able to
> successfully import the movie into a file.  However, when it attempts to
> transcode the imported file into an xvid format, the mtd errors out.
>
> Excerpt from the mtd.log file:
>
> 09:47:34: a client socket has been opened
> 09:48:37: launching job: job dvd 1 3 6 0 -1 /myth/dvds/DELIVER_EVA_FF
> 08:22:13: transcode command will be: transcode -i
> /myth/temp/DELIVER_EVA_FF/vob/ -g 720x480 -M 2 -V -j 0,8,0,8 -B 0,2 -y xvid
> -w 1618 -a 2 -o /myth/dvds/DELIVER_EVA_FF.avi --print_status 20 --color 0
> 09:48:37: job thread beginning to rip dvd title
>
> 0:29:28: job thread finished ripping dvd title
> 10:29:28: Error: Could not start transcode
> 10:29:29: job failed: job dvd 1 3 6 0 -1 /myth/dvds/DELIVER_EVA_FF
>
>
> If I manually execute the transcode command at the command prompt (based on
> the mtd.log parameters), transcode processes the imported movie file as
> expected.  I did verify that myth points to the correct transcode binary.
>
> Mythtv - 0.20.2
> transcode - 1.0.3
>
> Any ideas on why it's not working correctly from within myth?

file/directory permissions?

Mike