[mythtv-users] RE: Video iPod

[Fred Squires]

On 11/3/05, Michael Sherman <msherman at dsbox.com> wrote:
>
>
> Having just bought a new iPod, this is a killer feature that should
> be implemented. I can and will help with coding. I figured it could
> be part of the transcoding code already, and add a new transcoding
> setting for mpeg-4 (that works with the video iPod - no need to use H.
> 234 which may be iffy on Linux). We would need to transcode it down
> to maybe 400kbps, 320x240, and it should work just fine. So since
> you can already set up transcoding automagically, it would mean these
> steps, in think:
>
> 1) Add a per-scheduled recording transcode option so you can set your
> particular video to always dump out the newer iPod-compatible MP4.
> For example, I may want all eps in my recording profile for
> "Battlestar Galactica" to automagically convert, but not all my other
> recording schedules.
>
> 2) Add a small post-process step to copy the resultant file somewhere
> (a web server, so maybe just use a NFS or SMB solution with mounted
> drives for now).
>
> 3) Add another post-process step to then update an RSS feed file,
> again on a web server or just locally via NFS or SMB share.
>
> 4) It'd be cool to then add a button in mythweb next to each
> recording schedule entry so you can "subscribe" to a show and it
> would set all this up and get the right RSS url right into iTunes.
> How cool would that be?
>
> I think that's it in a nutshell. Can we iterate on a good list of
> objectives so we can break up the work and get started? I'm really
> excited about this.
>
> -Mike
>

Some of these are already complete.
Go to http://myth2ipod.com/ and check it out.

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