[mythtv-users] DVD burn / ffmpeg fails due to chmod / permission problem?

stefan_jones at comcast.net stefan_jones at comcast.net
Sat Mar 29 23:42:47 UTC 2008


> I've had no problem in the past burning DVDs from archived myth-recordings.
> 
> Last time I tried was before Christmas, though.
> 
> Since then I upgraded to Myth .21.
> 
> I just tried to burn three short (1/2 hour) recordings to DVD. 
> 
> According to the in-application log, if fails while using ffmpeg "to re-encode 
> video."
> 
> The mythburn.log provides more details. In each case, there are a bunch of 
> errors from chmod, "changing permissions of '<a file name, either a video or 
> /video/mythtv>': Operation not permitted.
> 
> Looking at the /video directory (which is also the dvd burn workspace) I see 
> everything is owned by root and in group root. I run mythfrontend as user 
> mythtv, and myth hasn't  had permission problems like this when recording or 
> deleting files.
> 
> Hmmm. I tried giving all of the mpeg files write permission (as root).
> 
> Any ideas? 
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