[mythtv-users] How to "Apply" an Edit in editing mode

[Michael T. Dean]

<Fixed the e-mail formatting that a brain-dead mail client mangled, 
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On 09/05/2008 07:08 PM, Bobby Gill wrote:
>  On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 6:37 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> > On 09/05/2008 06:08 PM, Bobby Gill wrote:
> >> On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> >>> On 09/05/2008 04:28 PM, Bobby Gill wrote:
> >>>> On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> >>>>> On 09/05/2008 04:12 PM, Bobby Gill wrote:
> >>>>>> I am just a bit confused about this, I have a program
> >>>>>> where I went into Edit Mode, set two cut points (delete
> >>>>>> before frame and then delete after frame, leaving desired
> >>>>>> space in between I want to trim down to), and I hit X as
> >>>>>> I have seen instructed in another thread. It doesn't show
> >>>>>> up in Job Queue, is it just going to take some time to
> >>>>>> cut out the parts and trim the recording down so I should
> >>>>>> check back later, or how does it work?
> >>>>> Were you back in playback mode when you hit X?  (I.e. leave
> >>>>> editing mode, then hit X and see what happens.)
> >>>> I hit X and it sends me back to Watch Recordings from where I
> >>>> had played the recording. When I go back into the recording
> >>>> in question and hit E for edit mode, it says it's being
> >>>> edited and I can select continue editing or do not edit.
> >>> I'm suggesting:
> >>> e
> >>> <edit your cutlist>
> >>> Esc
> >>> x (while in playback mode)
> >> Okay, so now when I play the recording it jumps to that position
> >> and the cuts are fine, how do I actually trim the file itself so
> >> that the cuts are removed?
> > If you're saying you did as I recommend and when you hit x during
> > playback it does not say "Transcoding" on the on-screen display and
> > it does not transcode, I would guess there's an error message in
> > your log file--probably the frontend log file--saying why.  My
> > guess, you're using a remote frontend and the file is not available
> > locally (i.e. you need to NFS-mount the backend storage on the
> > frontend).
>
>  Yes, what happens is the recording exits and i'm back at the
>  mythfrontend menu. I just searched for my mythfrontend log but can't
>  find any on my system (nothing in /var/log or in ~/.mythtv), so I ran
>  mythfrontend in shell and watched the output, there were no errors.
>  This is what was shown as I hit X on playback and it exited the
>  recording and went back to menu:
>
... <log with no errors>
>
>  Just checked the mythbackend.log and nothing in there either.

Then I have to assume that you remapped your keys and x is no longer the 
key bound to QUEUETRANSCODE (in the TV Playback context) or you're 
hitting the wrong button on the remote or something.

To check keybindings, go to MythControls.

Mike