[mythtv-users] Myth Archive failed

[Michael PARKER]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of
> Chris Nicholls
> Sent: 22 May 2011 02:59
> To: Mythtv users
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Myth Archive failed
> 
> Morning Everyone,
> 
> I have a new problem with Mytharchive. It fails with this error message
>       Failed: Failed while running ffmpeg to re-encode video.Command was
> ffmpeg -threads 3 -v 1 -i
> "/video/Recording2
> /1030_20101207173000.mpg" -r pal -target dvd -b 4771k -s 720x576 -acodec
> ac3 -ab 192k -ac 2 -copyts -aspect 16:9
> "/video/temp/work/1/newfile2.mpg" -map 0:0 -map 0:1
> That is is only message I get, how could I start hunting this down
> 
> Any help appreciated
> 
> Chris
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Chris,

It would be worth checking the permissions on your mytharchive temp directory (/video/temp) to ensure that the user mytharchive is running ffmpeg as is able to write to it.

Also, which version on myth/ffmpeg are you using? I'm on 0.23.1 and find I have to use an old version of ffmpeg to maintain support for some of the command line arguments mytharchive uses.

As already suggested by Matt and John, I'd suggest running the ffmpeg command manually and/or looking in mythburn.log for more info on the problem.

Cheers,

Mike