[mythtv-users] Can't rebuild seektable on some mp4

[Jim Stichnoth]

On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 7:51 AM, Ian Evans <dheianevans at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 10:01 AM, Jim Stichnoth <stichnot at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 11:59 PM, Ian Evans <dheianevans at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> However, I just updated to .27 and it's able to play the file past the
>>> one second mark. However, the file could not be fast-forwarded or skipped.
>>> Ran `mythcommflag --file 1019_20130918060000.mp4 --rebuild` under .27.
>>> Still does not work:
>>>
>>> Rebuild started at Thu Sep 19 02:51:04 2013
>>> No I-frames found, rewinding...
>>> Rebuild completed at Thu Sep 19 02:51:20 2013
>>> 2013-09-19 02:51:20.165736 E  decoding error
>>>
>>> eno: Unknown error 541478725 (541478725)
>>>
>>> Go back to Recordings and Mythtv .27 thinks the file is 0 seconds long.
>>> It can now play it (unlike .26) however I cannot seek or fast-forward.
>>>
>>
>> I'm glad you tried this under 0.27, as there's really not much chance of
>> getting a good answer or a fix under an older version.
>>
>> Could you open a new ticket, and make the recording, or the first ~50MB,
>> available somewhere for download?
>>
>>
> Thanks. Two quick q's: what's the command line magic to grab the first 50
> MB...and is Ubuntu One ok for the upload?
>
> dd if=1019_20130918060000.mp4 of=1019_20130918060000_short.mp4 bs=1024k
count=50

I don't know anything about Ubuntu One, but if I can access it without an
account, that's great.  Otherwise, (given your gmail address) it's easy to
upload to Google Drive and share the link.

Jim
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