[mythtv-users] Perpetual recording with MythTV?

jeetu.golani at gmail.com jeetu.golani at gmail.com
Mon Sep 27 14:05:28 UTC 2010


>> Are you recording a TV signal?

Yes I am recording a TV signal for later analysis (maybe manually scanned).
However, I would like to record without a program guide.

Thanks,
Jeetu
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On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Another Sillyname <
anothersname at googlemail.com> wrote:

> On 27 September 2010 14:46, jeetu.golani at gmail.com
> <jeetu.golani at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > First, let me admit that I am not intrinsically familiar with all of
> MythTV
> > therefore pls forgive if I'm asking something that should be apparent :)
> >
> > I have a need and I wonder if MyhTV can fill that role or it would be
> better
> > to start off from scratch. The core requirements I have are:
> >
> > - 24x7 recording for 30 or 60 days.
> > - Being able to auto-expire content that is more than 30 or 60 days old.
> > - Recording without an EPG (electronic program guide)
> > - Facility to pull out recorded footage based solely on time slice -
> start
> > time - end time.
> > - Transcode the pulled out clip with a timestamp.
> > - (Optional but desireable) The ability to add metadata to this pulled
> out
> > clip such as Title and to be able to search clips that have been pulled
> out
> > in the past.
> >
> > Other features such as Commercial tagging are definite pluses in favour
> of
> > MythTV.
> >
> > My experimentation with the Manual Recording in MythTV shows that I can
> at
> > most schedule a recording for 360 minutes - so far I have not been able
> to
> > figure out how I can schedule it to keep it recording perpetually without
> a
> > program guide.
> >
> > Similarly while viewing the recording I have not been able to figure out
> how
> > I can pull out a recording based solely on start - stop time. I can mark
> a
> > cut list and then go about transcoding it though that is too
> > run-about....any chance of a user job or something with a UI wherein this
> > can be all done more directly?
> >
> > The perpetual recording feature seems to be something like what a
> Zoneminder
> > CCTV recording solution may need - however I haven't experimented with
> > it....what I would appreciate is if someone could point me of specific
> > advanced features or customizations within MythTV that would allow me to
> do
> > each of the above....or point me in a direction as to whether I would
> need
> > to write my own plugin to have this work....or is MythTV not the ideal
> tool
> > for the job here.
> >
> > Sincerely appreciate all help here :)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jeetu
> > http://ebrain.in
> > - An open source initiative to pool in and use software on any
> > laptop,handset or other device around you.
> > *Developer code now released*
> >
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