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

[Douglas Wagner]

On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 2:52 PM, Douglas Wagner <douglasw0 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 2:39 PM, James Armstrong <james at thearmstrongs.org>wrote:
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>> On Dec 15, 2008, at 3:16 PM, Douglas Wagner wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> 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
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>> I was able to grab script and instructions:
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>> 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.
>>
>>
> Thank you VERY much, now I just need to figure out how to get nuvexport to
> recognize that I do, in fact, have a recording at that time and date.
>
> I read somewhere that nuvexport is now back in the myth source?  Can anyone
> give me the svn command (i'm a GIT kind of guy, I haven't used SVN / CVS for
> a long while) to checkout the most recent nuvexport from the myth archive or
> is the 0.5.0 from http://forevermore.net/files/nuvexport/ supposed to be
> it?  Anything strange about compilation or is this the standard ./configure;
> make; make-install stuff?
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> I've GOT to assume that the version of nuv I'm using doesn't recognize the
> MythTV Database, there's just no other explination at this pont.
>
> --Doug
>

BTW Does anyone think this would be appropriate to tag into the myth wiki or
should I post these up on something outside of wiki.mythtv.org?
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