[mythtv-users] Transcode:Keeping AC3

scram69 scram69 at gmail.com
Fri Aug 15 05:30:19 UTC 2008


On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 2:18 PM, Mitch Gore <mitchell.gore at gmail.com> wrote:
> So i decided to just transcode and loose the AC3 for right now (I need
> space!)
>
> I successfully transcoded 10 of the 11 i queued up.  The last one the log
> shows this:
> 2008-03-27 16:13:35.261 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> localhost
> 2008-03-27 16:13:35.267 Transcoding from
> /video/tv/d2/1091_20080110200000.mpg to
> /video/tv/d2/1091_20080110200000.mpg.tmp
> 2008-03-27 16:13:35.287 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.0.202:6543
> (try 1 of 5)
> 2008-03-27 16:13:35.290 Using protocol version 40
> 2008-03-27 16:13:35.292 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Monitor
> 2008-03-27 16:13:35.295 adding: mythtv as a client (events: 0)
> 2008-03-27 16:13:35.296 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Monitor
> 2008-03-27 16:13:35.298 adding: mythtv as a client (events: 1)
> 2008-03-27 16:13:35.491 AFD: Opened codec 0xa33730, id(MPEG2VIDEO)
> type(Video)
> 2008-03-27 16:13:35.494 AFD: codec AC3 has 6 channels
> 2008-03-27 16:13:35.497 AFD: Opened codec 0xa33db0, id(AC3) type(Audio)
> 2008-03-27 16:13:35.526 Honoring the cutlist while transcoding
> 2008-03-27 16:13:35.528 Cutlist        :
> 0-686,12086-15470,23962-30676,40464-47444,57923-66752,77631-85812
> 2008-03-27 16:13:35.529 Original Length: 96158 frames
> 2008-03-27 16:13:35.530 New Length     : 61384 frames
> 2008-03-27 16:13:35.534 Found video height of 1088.  This is unusual and
> more than likely the video is actually 1080 so mythtranscode will treat it
> as such.
> 2008-03-27 16:13:35.549 [mpeg4 @ 0x336333e6c0]bitrate tolerance too small
> for bitrate
> 2008-03-27 16:13:35.550 NVR(/dev/video) Error: Unable to open FFMPEG/mpeg4
> codec
> 2008-03-27 16:13:35.832 Transcoding Video and Audio
> 2008-03-27 16:13:35.912 Fast-Forwarding from 0 to 686
> 2008-03-27 16:13:36.172 transcode: Transcode Errored: Grey's Anatomy "Lay
> Your Hands on Me": Medium Quality (exit status 0, job status was "Running")
> 2008-03-27 16:13:36.177 JobQueue: Transcode Errored: Grey's Anatomy "Lay
> Your Hands on Me": Medium Quality (exit status 0, job status was "Running")
> 2008-03-27 16:13:46.442 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Monitor
> 2008-03-27 16:13:46.443 adding: mythtv as a client (events: 0)
> [root at mythtv mythtv]#
>
>
> How do i fix this?
>
> Thanks,
> Mitchell
>
Did you ever find a solution to this?  I'm seeing the same errors
trying to transcode HD recordings to mpeg4.  I hadn't tried this for a
while, but I remember it working for me under 0.20.2.


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