request simple script to convert to mkv

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The switch to .ts instead of .mkv really messed with my viewing experience. I have an extend and record in h.264 directly, onto an old readynas that direct plays to rokus and other devices. When the switch was made to .ts, I can no longer fast forward or even resume a recording. I created a very simple post processing script to convert from .ts to .mkv but my recent recordings only have audio and no video. Where am I going wrong?
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/apps/plexmediaserver/Binaries"
infile=1 outfile={infile//.ts/.mkv}
/apps/plexmediaserver/Binaries/Plex\ Transcoder -fflags +genpts -i “$infile” -map 0 -c copy “$outfile”
rm “$infile”
exit 1

If any devs are reading, please at least give us the option to remux back to mkv again. The experience was near perfect for me.

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take a look at using ffmpeg or handbrake for changing containers. Using the Plex binaries is going to be dodgy.

ffmpeg -i input.ts -vcodec copy -sameq -acodec copy -f matroska output.mkv

3

I have an amazingly complex program that will do it for you if you like :slight_smile:

4

what sdlsatcom posted will work though. you can leave out the -sameq and -f matroksa options.

You could also just use the plex transcoder like you are doing, instead of ffmpeg, good job on setting the ld library path.

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Here, I corrected your script.

#!/bin/bash
outfile=${1//.ts/.mkv}

LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/volume1/@appstore/Plex Media Server" ; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
ffmpeg="/volume1/@appstore/Plex Media Server/Plex Transcoder"

“$ffmpeg” -hide_banner -i “$1” -vcodec copy -acodec copy “$outfile”
rm “$1”

https://pastebin.com/UJgbKQSi

6

I wrote you a better one here:

https://pastebin.com/xAzKC8N0

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Thanks I’ll test things out. I used to have ffmpeg working but couldn’t get it running on the latest readynas OS.

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Yeah let me know. In last pastebin you will have to adjust paths for things. It’s setup how it is on my Synology.

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Sorry to bump this but want to mention that everything seems to be working as expected without the need to convert to MKV now. I can trick play on my roku using the .ts files.