[mythtv-users] mythtranscode, tmp files, database

[george.smith at arcor.de]

One point I was unclear on: I do see how to remove the cutlist (with mythcommflag --clearcutlist), but that sill lives the skiplist intact.

George

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Von:     george.smith at arcor.de
An:      mythtv-users at mythtv.org
Datum:   09.07.2008 10:46
Betreff: [mythtv-users] mythtranscode, tmp files, database

> I have a question regarding transcoding for the purpose of permanently
> removing commercials from recordings I'd like to keep long term. I've looked
> at 
> 
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Mythtranscode
> 
> and 
> 
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Removing_Commercials
> 
> At this point I've manually edited the cut list of a few recordings and used
> commands such as
> 
> mythtranscode --mpeg2 --honorcutlist --showprogress -s "2008-07-09 08:30:00"
> -c 17411
> 
> to manually transcode. I get pretty much as far as the author of the wiki
> page on mythtranscode, who writes "This will drop the cut version beside the
> original, but with an added .tmp extension. I'm not exactly sure what it
> does to the database. It seems to keep the cutpoints and points at the old
> .mpg file, but shortens how long it thinks the movie is to the size of the
> .tmp file."
> 
> I'm wondering what to do next, whether I can just go ahead and replace the
> original file with the .tmp file. I'm also wondering where the information
> on the cut list is stored. I haven't been able to find it in the database.
> Using the command mythcommflag with --cutlist and --skiplist still finds the
> original information after transcoding. I'm naively assuming that if I just
> replace the original file with the tmp file I'll have to remove this
> information from the database somehow.
> 
> Thanks for any insight,
> 
> George
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