[PATCH] Option to mux video as MKV instead of MP4
dinkypumpkin
dinkypumpkin at gmail.com
Sun May 8 18:33:07 EDT 2011
On 08/05/2011 21:20, Shevek wrote:
> I have recently been having audio/video sync issues on my Win 7 Media
> Centre box with the MP4 files output by get_iplayer so I thought I'd try
> MKV instead.
>
> This seems to have cleared up the sync problems for me so I thought I'd
> share this patch.
I would suggest the slightly simpler alternative below. It keeps all
the file extension munging in one place. Also, some logic in
Programme::generate_filenames is predicated on the file extension
already being set.
diff --git a/get_iplayer b/get_iplayer
index b173205..89200b4 100755
--- a/get_iplayer
+++ b/get_iplayer
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ my $opt_format = {
test => [ 1, "test|t!", 'Recording', '--test, -t', "Test only - no
recording (will show programme type)"],
thumb => [ 1, "thumb|thumbnail!", 'Recording', '--thumb', "Download
Thumbnail image if available"],
thumbonly => [ 1,
"thumbonly|thumbnailonly|thumbnail-only|thumb-only!", 'Recording',
'--thumbnail-only', "Only Download Thumbnail image if available, not the
programme"],
- aactomp3 => [ 1, "aactomp3", 'Recording', '--aactomp3', "Transcode aac
audio to mp3 with ffmpeg"],
+ aactomp3 => [ 1, "aactomp3", 'Recording', '--aactomp3', "Transcode aac
audio to mp3 with ffmpeg"],
# Search
before => [ 1, "before=n", 'Search', '--before', "Limit search to
programmes added to the cache before N hours ago"],
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ my $opt_format = {
html => [ 1, "html=s", 'Output', '--html <file>', "Create basic HTML
index of matching programmes in specified file"],
isodate => [ 1, "isodate!", 'Output', '--isodate', "Use ISO8601
dates (YYYY-MM-DD) in filenames"],
metadata => [ 1, "metadata=s", 'Output', '--metadata <type>', "Create
metadata info file after recording. Valid types are: xbmc, xbmc_movie,
freevo, generic"],
+ mkv => [ 1, "mkv", 'Output', '--mkv', "Output video in MKV container
instead of MP4. Currently no tagging supported from get_iplayer for MKV
output"],
mythtv => [ 1, "mythtv=s", 'Output', '--mythtv <file>', "Create
Mythtv streams XML of matching programmes in specified file"],
nowrite => [ 1, "no-write|nowrite|n!", 'Output', '--nowrite, -n',
"No writing of file to disk (use with -x to prevent a copy being stored
on disk)"],
output => [ 2, "output|o=s", 'Output', '--output, -o <dir>',
"Recording output directory"],
@@ -6921,6 +6922,8 @@ sub download {
$prog->{ext} = 'flv' if $opt->{raw} && $mode =~ /^flash/;
# Override flashaac ext based on aactomp3
$prog->{ext} = 'mp3' if ! $opt->{raw} && $opt->{aactomp3} && $mode =~
/^flashaac/;
+ # Override ext based on mkv option
+ $prog->{ext} = 'mkv' if ! $opt->{raw} && $opt->{mkv};
# Determine the correct filenames for this recording
if ( $prog->generate_filenames( $ua, $prog->file_prefix_format() ) ) {
@@ -8171,6 +8174,15 @@ sub get {
'-y', $prog->{filepart},
);
}
+ # Convert video flv to mkv if required
+ } elsif ( $opt->{mkv} ) {
+ @cmd = (
+ $bin->{ffmpeg},
+ '-i', $file_tmp,
+ '-vcodec', 'copy',
+ '-acodec', 'copy',
+ '-y', $prog->{filepart},
+ );
# Convert video flv to mp4/avi if required
} else {
@cmd = (
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