[mythtv-users] mythtv on the go?

[Troy]

Excellent!  I didn't realise this!  The default video player on my EEE
plays the files without problem.

Thanks!

Troy.


On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 21:40 +1300, Nick Rout wrote:
> 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.
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