[mythtv-users] Myth2Ipod Problems: held off as long as I could.

[James Armstrong]

On Dec 15, 2008, at 3:16 PM, Douglas Wagner wrote:

> I held off on this post as long as I could, but I think at this  
> point I need to ask the community for help.
>
> So to start: I am trying to get a recording to export to iPod format  
> (mp4 to be exact) using the Myth2iPod script.  And I'm running into  
> SIGNIFICANT problems doing so.
>
> First, and foremost, http://myth2ipod.com no longer exists...meaning  
> this entire script can no longer be reproduced since 3/4 of the  
> needed stuff came from that site.  I do still have the tools and  
> utilities and some minor documentation (I kick myself every time I  
> don't store a website like this locally, what's with all these  
> needed and used websites going offline these days anyway?), so I  
> proceeded forward.
>
> Next I start running into nuvexport problems.
>
>
> Conversely should I be "doing away" with the Myth2iPod stuff and  
> doing something differently?  The thing I like most about Myth2Ipod  
> is the fact that it creates a feed useable within iTunes to auto- 
> load this stuff to the iPod.  I know that's probably pretty basic  
> but it's big for me.
>
> Lastly does anyone have an arcive site for myth2ipod.com or the  
> instructions from that site?  I'd be happy to put something up  
> publicly accessable as a "Yea, it's down but here's the  
> information." but I don't have any of the previous docs.
>
> Help?
>
> --Doug

I was able to grab script and instructions:

http://web.archive.org/web/20080119121730/www.myth2ipod.com/myth2ipod.html

Current version:
1.0b2 updated 3/5/06 - Change Log
     Script: myth2ipod.txt
     Nuvexport plugin: iPod.pm
(If you are upgrading, you need to run mythtv2ipod -rebuild to create  
the new feed file)

Installation:
     New installer script for Knoppmyth systems: install_myth2ipod.sh
       wget http://myth2ipod.com/install_myth2ipod.sh
       chmod +x install_myth2ipod.sh
        ./install_myth2ipod.sh
     This will automate the process, and take care of almost everything.
     USE AT YOUR OWN RISK
Or the manual way:
This version has only been tested with Knoppmyth R5Bxx. It should work  
with any release version based on MythTV .19. This may look like a lot  
of work but if you follow the directions, it takes just a few minutes  
to do.
1. First things first. Check your current ffmpeg version to see if you  
already have xvid, and faac support.
    ffmpeg --version
If you see --enable-xvid and --enable-faac on the configuration line,  
then you should be set. You can run nuvexport to confirm that it can  
use xvid. If not, lets get this first part taken care of.
2. You need to un-comment a line in your apt sources.list.
    nano /etc/apt/sources.list
Un-comment:
    deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
Save it, close, and update:
    ctrl-o
    ctrl-x
    apt-get update
Apt-get the missing parts, and compile a new ffmpeg.
    apt-get install ffmpeg
    cd /tmp
    apt-get build-dep ffmpeg
    apt-get source ffmpeg
    cd ffmpeg-0.cvs20050313
Then configure, make, and install:
    ./configure --build i486-linux-gnu --enable-gpl --enable-pp -- 
enable-zlib --enable-vorbis --enable-libogg --enable-theora --enable- 
a52 --enable-dts --enable-libgsm --disable-debug --enable-xvid -- 
enable-faac --prefix=/usr
    make
    make install
When done, check your version:
     ffmpeg --version
Xvid and FAAC should be in the configuration line.
3. Now we need to get MP4Box and compile it. This is used for post  
processing to allow the feed files to play with the updated iPod  
firmware.
    cd /tmp
    wget http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/gpac/gpac-0.4.0-rc2.tar.gz
    wget http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/gpac/gpac_extra_libs-0.4.0.tar.gz
    tar -zxf gpac-0.4.0-rc2.tar.gz
    tar -zxf  gpac_extra_libs-0.4.0.tar.gz
    cd gpac_extra_libs
    cp -r * ../gpac/extra_lib
    cd /tmp/gpac
    chmod +x configure
    ./configure
    make lib
    make apps
    make install
Check to make sure MP4Box is working:
     /usr/local/bin/MP4Box
4. With all the prerequisites and dependencies out of the way, lets  
get the myth2ipod script, and modified nuvexport iPod plug-in.
    cd /tmp
    wget http://myth2ipod.com/myth2ipod.txt
    wget http://myth2ipod.com/iPod.pm
    mv myth2ipod.txt /usr/local/bin/myth2ipod
    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/myth2ipod
    mv iPod.pm /usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg/iPod.pm
You can edit the user variables at the top of the myth2ipod script to  
change the feed path options, and the nuvexport settings. At the  
minimum you will need to modify the $feedurl hostname with your  
backend’s IP or hostname.
    nano /usr/local/bin/myth2ipod
5. Setup your directorys for file storage and feed location. (These  
are based on the defaults in the myth2ipod script. You will need to  
change them if you modify the script.)
    mkdir /myth/ipodfeed
    chown mythtv:mythtv /myth/ipodfeed
    ln -s /myth/ipodfeed /var/www/ipodfeed
    /usr/local/bin/myth2ipod -rebuild
You can add a feed link to the knoppmyth web index by adding inserting  
a line at about line 46 right after the MythTV keys link.
    nano /var/www/index.html
    <br><a href="ipodfeed">iPod Feed dir</a>:<br>
6. The hard part is out of the way. Now lets make myth use it. Add the  
script as a User Job in MythTV. Run mythtv-setup and under General,  
setup one of your User Jobs to run:
    /usr/local/bin/myth2ipod "%DIR%" "%FILE%"
or to also use commercial flagging cutlist
    /usr/local/bin/myth2ipod -cut "%DIR%" "%FILE%"
Give it a name like “Encode for iPod”, and be sure to also enable  
which ever User Job number you input this into. Now, then setting up a  
recording you can add this user job to make a copy of the recording  
available for your iPod. You can also do add an individual file to the  
feed by hitting the info button on a recording in the Watch Recordings  
screen, then selecting Job Options.
7. To subscribe to the feed from iTunes, select "Subscribe to  
Podcast..." from the Advanced menu. Enter a url like this one to  
subscribe to all shows you have added to the feed.
    http://hostname/ipodfeed/feed.php
Right now this version is missing the feature to subscribe to  
recordings by show title. You can only subscribe to all. This will be  
back in a later version. I did not realize this was broke until I was  
testing these directions. Opps.
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