[mythtv-users] mythtv on the go?

[Nick Rout]

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 6:55 PM, Troy <blindDrop at shaw.ca> wrote:
> Not sure if this has been discussed previously - not sure what I would
> look for in the list archive to discover any such discussion but if you
> know of one please point me to it...
>
> I have recently installed mythfrontend on a Linux EEE PC with the
> thought of archiving/copying previously recorded programs in their
> raw/native mythtv format from my backend server to portable storage that
> I could use while on the road.  For some reason I thought mytharchive
> would do the trick but it seems not - one can only create a native
> archive that would have to then be imported before it could be played...
> correct?
>
> So, without installing a backend on the EEE, is the only way to watch
> recorded shows on the road to convert to a format that is playable in
> something like mplayer?  Seems like such a waste of time if so.

what conversion is necessary to watch it on mplayer? the answer is "none".

yes you do lose the database features such as episode name, date etc.
However you can use mythrename to get a sensible filename.