[mythtv-users] Can I mythexport without transcoding?

John Baab john.baab at gmail.com
Tue Sep 7 19:58:58 UTC 2010


On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Matt Emmott <memmott at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
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>> On Friday, September 03, 2010 09:58:47 am John Baab wrote:
>> > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Matt Emmott <memmott at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > I'd like a way to export my recordings to an RSS feed I could
>> > > subscribe
>> > > to from another computer. I want the exports to retain their default
>> > > resolution / bitrate / etc and since they're MPG I assume they will
>> > > play
>> > > on other Windows / Linux / Mac machines without issue.  I've
>> > > successfully mythexported recordings to iPod format but it appears
>> > > that
>> > > mythexport sends everything through ffmpeg and transcodes it. Is there
>> > > a
>> > > way to use mythexport (I'm open to other methods) to create a
>> > > non-transcoded RSS feed?
>> > >
>> > > Thanks in advance.
>>
>> > The symlink option should work for you.  Just be careful about how
>> > much data you may be pushing around.
>>
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>> Indeed, if this is for use on your local network you should be OK.
>>
>> But most residential internet accounts have glacial outbound speeds,
>> measured in bits per fortnight. If you plan to export
>> video to the outside world you may need to upgrade to a business class
>> account and pay for reasonable upstream bandwidth.
>>
>> Transcoding is a way to reduce the amount of data you need to export.
>>
>> Running a server of any sort often violates the TOS for residential
>> accounts, just something to be aware of.
>>
>>
>
> Thanks. What is this symlink option you speak of?

When you setup your user job in mythexport there will be a symlink
option, which will simply create a link to the original recording and
populate the RSS feed with the recording information.


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