[mythtv-users] Re: nuv->avi possibilities?

Cory Papenfuss papenfuss at juneau.me.vt.edu
Thu Aug 19 15:02:29 EDT 2004


 	It doesn't matter, but it's obviously a point of confusion for new 
mythtv folks.  A .nuv file recorded from a bttv card looks nothing like one 
recorded from an ivtv card... other than the same file extension.  It's the 
same confusion as frequently expressed in statements such as: "I compressed it 
to AVI and it was much [smaller|larger|faster|slower| 
better|worse|sharper|fuzzier|cleaner|uglier]."  Certainly can't argue with it, 
but it was different because of the *codec* used in the AVI... not the fact 
that it was saved in an AVI container.  If the .nuv file contained nuppelvideo 
"headers" or some quality of a container consistent with those recorded from 
bttv cards, it would make sense to put MPEG data in it from ivtv.  If not, it's 
inconsistent.

 	Oh yeah, and completely, functionally irrelevent and purely a symantic 
detail that will break lots of things if changed.

-Cory


*************************************************************************
* Cory Papenfuss							*
* Electrical Engineering Ph.D. Graduate Student                         *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 			*
*************************************************************************


On Thu, 19 Aug 2004, Gavin Hurlbut wrote:

> Cory Papenfuss <papenfuss at juneau.me.vt.edu> wrote:
>> Thoughts?  Perhaps at least a consistent convention like .mythvid or something?
>> This is linux, after all, so we shouldn't have to keep the .tle
>> (three-letter-extension)... :)
>
> We currently have a consistent convention.  It's all .nuv.  What's the
> difference between that and .mythvid?  Nothing.  It's just a file extension.
>
> Just my thoughts
> Gavin
>


More information about the mythtv-users mailing list