[mythtv-users] User Job: MPEG --> MP4

[belcampo]

Michael Craven wrote:
> I’m a bit confused about user jobs versus mythtranscode… I’ve read a 
> bunch of info on both options but most seem to be actually transcoding 
> when I just want to change containers and replace the original file. The 
> next step will be snipping commercials.
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> Basically, I’d like to move from the MPG file Myth is creating to an 
> MP4. I’ve used the following command line to accomplish this manually:
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> ffmpeg -i input.mpg -acodec copy -vcodec copy output.mp4
AFAIK this will not be what you think it is. I tried, doesn't play with 
mplayer or popcornhour. Tried to put extracted audio and video in an mp4 
container with MP4Box. The same, doesn't play on both.
What does medianfo tel you about this file, is it mp4 container, or just 
renamed mpg.
BTW, what are you trying to achieve by putting it in an mp4 container?
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> The MP4 file that results is playing everywhere I’d like but now I’d 
> like to do this automatically when a recording is completed and have to 
> file output.mp4 replace the original MPG in the storage directory and in 
> the recording database. Can mythtranscode accomplish this? (i.e. demux 
> the streams and remux into MP4) If not, I assume a user job is the 
> correct path but I’m not clear on how to replace the files in the myth 
> database at the end of the process. I’m not really functional in SQL.
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