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

[Bobby Gill]

On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 8:21 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>wrote:

> <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
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Just checked Edit Keys, and in TV Playback > QUEUETRANSCODE, it is set to X.
Is there some transcoding settings in the Setup or in mythtv-setup I should
check for??

Thanks,
Bob
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