[mythtvnz] Cutting H.264 DVB-T files with ffmpeg without transcoding

[Jonathan Hoskin]

>
> Anybody worked out a reliable way to cut recordings from Freeview
> terrestrial using ffmpeg?


Nope. I wonder if the developers have properly addressed it / been made
aware of it.


ffmpeg -async 1 -ss [start time] -t [duration] -i recording.mpg -vcodec

copy -acodec ac3 -ab 384k -f dvd cut_recording.mpg
>
> The "-async 1" seems to be needed to keep audio in sync with video. The
> "-f dvd" might (not sure yet) be a fix for av mux errors. Audio is
> transcoded to AC3 since most channels only have LATM AAC audio.
>

"-f dvd" uses a MPEG2-PS container - H.264 isn't supported in the MPEG-PS
file format:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/mythtvnz/417130#417130
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