[mythtv-users] Lossless Transcoding problems - Is it solvable or are there other options ?

[Chris Gaskell]

I've just moved from 0.24 to 0.26 and am finding the same issues as 
others have found with lossless transcodes.  I'm using mythtranscode to 
cut commercials and the end of the preceding programme. I had no problem 
in 0.24 so this is pretty frustrating.

Using 0.26.0 lossless transcodes failed completely. After reading 
previous comments I updated to 0.26.1 and found lossless transcodes 
worked, but I lose the first few seconds of audio and according to the 
playback info, it thought my 45 minute programme lasted 26+ hrs! 
Furthermore, playback crashes if I try to skip forwards. I've not tried 
it yet but I believe vlc and handbrake also don't work properly with 
these files so it's all a bit unsatisfactory.

 From other threads, it seems the problems I'm seeing are a known 
issue.  Is there any way to fix it, or can anyone recommend another way 
of lossless commercial removal?  I'm no whizz from a terminal so would 
like a fix that I can use from inside mythtv - maybe a user job that 
calls ffmpeg ?

Can anyone give some advice to get better results ?

Thanks