[mythtv-users] Can you share the recordings?

[greg at nodecam.com]

> Ultimately what I want is to use MythTV to record my favorite TV shows
> and then download them to a portable device so that I can watch them
> during my commute to and from work.

I use a PSP to do just that.  Others are using video ipods and PDAs.  I
think it's a pretty common usage for Myth.

> Dish network has a device from Archos called the "Pocket Dish" that does
> just that.... you simply USB it to the Disk Network receiver and all the
> DVR content is sync'd to the device...

I believe you can use a DishPlayer with external content too (ie. Myth) -
don't quote me on that though.

Myth has a concept called "User Jobs" which allows you to call a script
after a recording is complete.  It's a pretty simple matter to set up a
script to transcode your file into the appropriate format from there.  I
haven't got it automatically syncing to my PSP, but that's more a result
of the limited storage I have on it (1G memory stick only.)  I don't watch
"current events" type programming on the PSP, so having it sync overnight
isn't a priority for me right now.

Greg