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Jan 31, 2008, 5:06 AM
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Re: Problem with mythrename.pl and DVB Radio Recordings
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>> I am not sure if this has always been a problem, or I have only just
>> found out about it. I am running the latest svn of MythTV
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> I'm assuming you mean the "latest" (which really means "recent" ;) SVN
> trunk.
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>> and have noticed that mythrename was getting "stuck" on certain
>> programs.
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>> Running mythrename.pl --verbose --link /mylinks_dir
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>> I can see that when it reaches a radio recording it simply "hangs",
>> with no errors or other output. These are recordings made from UK DVB
>> Freview radio channels.
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>> If I delete the recorded radio programs, mythrename works as expected.
>> It's not just one particular program, but seems to happen with any
>> radio recording.
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> What happens when you apply the attached patch to mythrename.pl? Note:
> It is not meant as a solution to your problem (thus the name), but
> should help identify if the problem is what I think it may be. It
> simply disables the "filetype" check (which is currently performed using
> mplayer).
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> You should be able to apply the patch by going into the directory
> containing mythrename.pl (or a copy of mythrename.pl) and issuing the
> command:
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> patch -Np1 -i /path/to/mythtv-mythrename_filetype_hack.patch
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> Note that once the patch is applied all your links will have the ".mpg"
> extension--even those that refer to NUV files. This is unimportant
> unless you're using the links with a broken OS that relies on filename
> extensions to figure out a file's content type.
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> If the patch allows mythrename.pl to succeed, please reply with the
> output of:
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> mplayer -v -v -v -v -nolirc -nojoystick \
> -vo null -ao null -frames 1 \
> -identify '/path/to/radio_recording.mpg' 2>&1 |
> tee ~/mplayer_identify_radio_output
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> This can be used to "fix" the bindings to work on radio streams.
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> Thanks,
> Mike
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Mike,
The patch allowed mythrename.pl to run without stopping. The output from
the mplayer command is very large. I have appended what appears to be
the relevant part from the start of the file. Let me know if you need
any more.
Ian.
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mythtv-mythrename_filetype_hack.patch
mplayer_identify_radio_output
