[mythtv-users] NUVImport?

[J. Donavan Stanley]

Keith Muggleton wrote:

> Here's (hopefully) a new one.
>
> Does anyone know how to convert an xvid avid into a nuv file, I 
> converted some Enterprise episodes to avi's with mencoder. However 
> I've now lost the original nuv file and would like to re-encode it so 
> I can get it with the rest of the seasons programs.
>
> All I could find in the gossamer threads are posts for the opposite 
> direction, I suppose I could watch it with mythvideo, record that on 
> video tape, then re-record the video tape with mythtv, but god only 
> knows how that would turn out!!
>
The easiest option is to just put them in MythVideo...

If you rename the file to a "proper" Myth filename and stick it in with 
your recordings you should be able to use "myth.rebuildatabase.pl" to 
get it back into the recordings table.