[mythtvnz] Anyone else using a HDHomerun/Mythtv/XBMC combo?

Ross and Jemima Knudsen ross.jemima at gmail.com
Mon Jan 11 19:43:42 GMT 2010


2010/1/11 Mark de Reeper <mark.dereeper at gmail.com>:
> Thanks for all the feedback, not made a lot of progress today but did try
> the 2 different remuxing suggestions with not great results:
>
> The mencoder command failed saying I was not able to specify copy for both
> flags, it suggested I use pcm and I needed to add the -o flag to specify
> which file was the output. It did complete with these changes but did not
> produce a playable file:
> mencoder -oac pcm -ovc copy 1001_20100107202800.mpg -o
> new-1001_20100107202800.mpg
>
> The cvlc command worked but the resulting file had no audio stream, VLC
> reported only having the video stream when I played it back.
>
> I am going to work through some of the other suggestions but will be heading
> away for a break with the family soon so will need to pick this up again in
> a couple of weeks. Keep the ideas coming. It is times like this that I think
> I would be better off just getting getting a Tivo (I already have a hacked
> Series 1 which works remarkably well but just not HD) and be done with it.

I take it you are using the myth:// protocol to access recordings made
by the myth backend?  Have you tried moving a recording to a location
where XBMC can access directly (ie a directory) and see if it can play
the file back?  That way you isolate the myth backend as a potential
problem.



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