[mythtv-users] mythbackend -> iPod Touch

[John Baab]

Not to pimp my own project, but this about everything you need:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MythExport

Currently the only "installer" available are ubuntu debs but you can
always grab the source from launchpad if you are on another system.

On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 7:04 PM, Alan <alan at ufies.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 02:57:34PM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Alan <alan at ufies.org> wrote:
>> > On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 01:19:34PM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
>> >> My wife is asking whether she can watch Myth recordings from her new
>> >> iPod Touch. As it runs Safari, among other things, I'm wondering if
>> >> there is a way to talk to the backend through a browser for the
>> >> purposes of choosing and watching an existing recording? I don't care
>> >> at all about programming Myth from this interface at this time. Maybe
>> >> later.
>> >>
>> >> The backend is on Gentoo if it matters.
>> >
>> > Maybe I'm missing the point or maybe the other replies had this (I
>> > didn't see it) but isn't there a 'trancode to ipod' in the mythtv that
>> > you can then just point itunes to your mythtv IP and then it'll show up
>> > in itunes as a video podcast, updated when mythtv records.
>> >
>> > I belive the URL is http://[mythtv ip]/ipodfeed/feed.php
>> >
>> > Course, this may need an extra module installed to have it all
>> > available.  Works great though.
>> >
>> > Alan
>> >
>>
>> Alan,
>>    Actually, asking about transcoding is why I came back to the PC to
>> write another question. I have no disk space issues so I'm happy to
>> transcode everything if it can be an automatic setting. I've never
>> used transcoding so I don't know how to set it up for the iPod format.
>> Can Myth transcode every recording to the iPod format so it's all
>> ready to go when she shows up?
>>
>>    I think your URL above makes sense if I have something installed
>> that uses Apache, right? Is that mythweb which I jsut installed but
>> haven't tried to configure yet.
>
> Hey Mark.  I used knoppmyth so a lot of stuff was automatically setup
> for me.  It does use apache though mythweb is a separate directory from
> the document root.
>
> I'm not sure what package / plugin it comes from but I'm sure some googling
> for mythtv + ipodfeed will get you what you need.
>
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> Alan <alan at ufies.org> - http://arcterex.net
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