[mythtv-users] Lossless Cut bug reports

[Doug Vaughan]

Martin,
     Even though I do not have time right now I am replying so you know 
I read your email and will get back to you. One question I would like 
answered is whether any video players other than VLC have the problems 
you describe during playback? I use a HDPVR as a recording device and 
can successfully playback with MythTV internal player, Totem on the 
Linux desktop, DicePlayer, MXPlayer, XBMC on Android and XBMC plus the 
Windows Media player on Win8.  All play the Lossless Cut mkv files 
without any of the issues you describe. I never tested with VLC.

     If a number of video players all have the same issue as VLC then 
the problems most likely is the combination of the video files produced 
by your recording device and the current limitations of the mkvmerge 
utility which cuts and assembles the mkv videos. Others have found for 
instance that mkvmerge cannot consistently process recordings generated 
by a HDHomerun.

The bug you found with the reporting script is on my to-do list and is 
indeed due to not handling the lack of skip or cutlist. As for the 
missing log file, that is not a bug. What it refers to is that the 
script automatically looks for a Lossless Cut log left over from an 
aborted script userjob. That is a different log than what the reporting 
script creates. The message is just there for information purposes. The 
default is for a Lossless Cut userjob that completes successfully to be 
automatically deleted therefore it would be "missing".

The Samba related issue is not my issue. I believe two problems are in 
play. Invalid characters in the file names according to Windows file 
name conventions, the colon in your example. Also I think that your 
shares may be defined with a lack of utf8 support although my knowledge 
is very hazy on that subject (iocharset=utf8 as a parameter in the mount 
command?). I have the same issue with my Win8 and Android CIFS shares. 
Resolving that is I also on my lengthy to-do list.

I'll be back.

Doug