[mythtv-users] Archiving TV shows to DVD

[John Goerzen]

On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 09:16:26PM -0600, M S wrote:
> Hi,  I know this is has been asked before, but I can't seem to find
> the right answer.  I want an _easy_ solution to backup shows to DVDs,

Here's my solution.  Works only with MPEG2 data from a PVR-x50 card,
but does not require re-encoding.

For each file:

  mkfifo dvdmpegn
  replex -i PS -v 0xe0 -a 0xc0 -k -t DVD -o dvdmpegn n.nuv &

Then:

  mkdir DVD
  dvdauthor -o DVD dvdmpeg1 [.. dvdmpegn]
  dvdauthor -T -o DVD

  test DVD with ogle

  (audio warnings are harmless)

  Burn with:

  nice -n -20 growisofs -Z /dev/hdc -dvd-compat -dvd-video -udf DVD
----------------------------------------
For MPEG-2, with requant (to reduce size):

  mkfifo vid
  mkfifo aud
  mkfifo demux.mv2
  mkfifo demux0.mp2
  replex --demux -i PS -v 0xe0 -a 0xc0 -k -o demux brokaw.nuv &
  cat demux.mv2 | buffer -s 50k -m30m | tcrequant -f 1.33 | buffer -m10m >vid &
  cat demux0.mp2 | buffer -s 50k -m30m | cat | buffer -m10m >aud &
  mplex -f 8 -V -o dvdmpeg aud vid &
  dvdauthor -o DVD dvdmpeg

  burn as above