Not sure whether you're using FC or debian or gentoo...but least with the ATrpms, they were set to log all backend stuff to /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log or maybe I turned that on...either way it's a great place to watch cause you will see lines like this in the log.
2005-09-21 20:01:00.694 Starting Commercial Flagging for "Lost" recorded from channel 1003 at Wed Sep 21 19:00:00 2005. 2005-09-21 20:01:00.708 commflag: Commercial Flagging Starting 2005-09-21 20:01:03.349 New DB connection, total: 1 2005-09-21 20:01:03.419 New DB connection, total: 2 2005-09-21 20:17:47.120 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-09-21 20:17:47.156 adding: localhost.localdomain as a client (events: 0) 2005-09-21 20:31:35.058 commflag: Commercial Flagging Finished 2005-09-21 20:31:35.067 Finished, 6 break(s) found. 2005-09-21 20:32:02.878 New DB connection, total: 2 2005-09-21 20:32:02.898 Transcoding from /video/recordings//1003_20050921190000_20050921200000.nuv to /video/recordings//1003_20050921190000_20050921200000.nuv.tmp On 9/21/05, Craig Hagerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/22/05, Robert Tsai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You are using the wrong command-line arguments. You need to be using > > "-s" and "-c": > > > > % mythtranscode -c 1025 -s 2005-04-28T19:30:00 > > > > Easiest thing to do is to use Myth frontend to Start Transcoding, and > > use "ps" to see what is going on. > > > > --Rob > > > > Thanks Rob, but -c and -s are the flags for transcoding on the fly > aren't they? I have a file that has already been recorded and want to > transcode that. I don't need to tell it a channel or starttime, but > rather an input file. And it fails. (Also, I am doing this all from > the commandline or through mythweb - backend is in a remote location > so I don't watch / transcode through the front end) > > Craig > > mythtranscode --help gives this information: > > # mythtranscode --help > Usage: mythtranscode <--chanid <channelid>> > <--starttime <starttime>> <--profile <profile>> > [options] > > --chanid or -c: Takes a channel id. REQUIRED > --starttime or -s: Takes a starttime for the > recording. REQUIRED > --infile or -i: Input file (Alternative to -c and -s) > --profile or -p: Takes a profile number of 'autodetect' > recording profile. REQUIRED > --honorcutlist or -l: Specifies whether to use the cutlist. > --allkeys or -k: Specifies that the output file > should be made entirely of keyframes. > --database or -d: Store status in the db > --fifodir or -f: Directory to write fifos to > If --fifodir is specified, 'audout' and 'vidout' > will be created in the specified directory > --fifosync : Enforce fifo sync > --buildindex or -b: Build a new keyframe index > (use only if audio and video fifos are read independantly) > --showprogress : Display status info to the stdout > --help or -h: Prints this help statement. > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users