NAME

       mythtranscode - MythTV Transcoder

DESCRIPTION

       mythtranscode version: fixes/35 [v35.0+fixes.20250302.f3f012aa3f-0ubuntu3] www.mythtv.org Misc. Options:

       --chanid
              Specify chanid of recording to operate on.

       -i, --infile
              Input video for transcoding.

       -o, --outfile
              Optional output file for transcoding.

       -O, --override-setting
              Override a single setting defined by a key=value pair.

       --override-settings-file
              Define a file of key=value pairs to be loaded for setting overrides.

       --queue
              Add  a  new  transcoding  job  of  the specified recording and profile to the jobqueue. Accepts an
              optional string to define the hostname.

       -b, --buildindex
              Build new keyframe index.

       -h, --help, --usage
              Display this help printout, or give detailed information of selected option.

       --version
              Display version information.

       --starttime
              Specify start time of recording to operate on.

       --video
              Specifies video is not a recording.

       Encoding Options:

       --allaudiotracks
              Keep all audio tracks including those marked with 0 channels.

       --allkeys, -k
              Specifies the outputfile should be entirely keyframes.

       --audiotrack
              Select specific audio track.

       --avf  Generate libavformat output file.

       --audiobitrate
              Output Audio Bitrate (Kbits)

       --bitrate
              Output Video Bitrate (Kbits)

       --height
              Output Video Height

       --width
              Output Video Width

       -d, --delete
              Delete original after successful transcoding

       --hls  Generate HTTP Live Stream output.

       --audiobitrate
              Output Audio Bitrate (Kbits)

       --bitrate
              Output Video Bitrate (Kbits)

       --height
              Output Video Height

       --hlsstreamid
              Stream ID to process

       --maxsegments
              Max HTTP Live Stream segments

       --noaudioonly
              Disable Audio-Only HLS Stream

       --width
              Output Video Width

       -m, --mpeg2
              Specifies that a lossless transcode should be used.

       -e, --ostream
              Output stream type: ps, dvd, ts (Default: ps)

       --passthrough
              Pass through raw, unprocessed audio.

       -p, --profile
              Transcoding profile.

       -ro, --recorderOptions
              Comma separated list of recordingprofile overrides.

       Frame Server Options:

       --cleancut
              Improve quality of cutting by performing it partially by dropping  data.  Works  only  in  fifodir
              mode.

       -f, --fifodir
              Directory in which to write fifos to.

       --fifoinfo
              Run in fifodir mode, but stop after displaying the fifo data format.

       --fifosync
              Enforce fifo sync.

       Logging Options:

       --loglevel
              Set  the logging level.  All log messages at lower levels will be discarded.  In descending order:
              emerg, alert, crit, err, warning, notice, info, debug, trace defaults to info

       --loglong
              Use long log format for the console, i.e. show file, line number, etc. in the console log.

       --logpath
              Writes logging messages to a  file  in  the  directory  logpath  with  filenames  in  the  format:
              applicationName.date.pid.log.  This is typically used in combination with --daemon, and if used in
              combination  with  --pidfile,  this  can  be  used with log rotators, using the HUP call to inform
              MythTV to reload the file

       -q, --quiet
              Don't log to the console (-q).  Don't log anywhere (-q -q)

       --showprogress
              Display status info in stdout

       --syslog
              Set the syslog logging facility.  Set to "none" to disable, defaults to none.

       --systemd-journal
              Use systemd-journal instead of syslog.

       -v, --verbose
              Specify log filtering. Use '-v help' for level info.

       Cutlist Options:

       --inversecut
              Inverses the cutlist, leaving only the marked off sections.

       --honorcutlist
              Specifies whether to use the cutlist. (Takes an optional cutlist as argument when used with -i)

mythtranscode 35.0+fixes.20250302.f3f012aa3f-0u... March 2025                                   MYTHTRANSCODE(1)