[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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