[mythtv-users] DVD/Blu-Ray set-up

[Stephen Worthington]

On Mon, 13 May 2019 06:36:38 -0400, you wrote:

>On Mon, May 13, 2019, 02:40 Swanseasurfing <swanseasurfing at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Daryl,
>>
>> Maybe this way could be a quick workaround for you:
>> 1.  Export recordings.
>> 2. Use a Desktop Computer to burn the files to DVD.
>>
>> But this does not provide a solution for the problem.
>>
>> Kind Regards
>>   Jens
>>
>I tried that but the files are not in the proper form to burn, I still need
>some myth magic. Thanks.

A lot of DVD / BluRay players these days will play files from a data
DVD.  The MythTV recording files are MPEG2 Transport Stream files,
which is a little different from the MPEG2 Program Stream files that
DVDs use, but it may well be that your player can handle them.  So try
burning the recording files to a data DVD, and if necessary change the
extension from .ts to .mpg if the player does not see the files as
valid.  There is heaps of freeware that will burn data DVDs.

If that does not work because your player is too old, then you will
need to find some DVD mastering software that is capable of converting
the MPEG2 Transport Stream files as part of its mastering process.
There should be some freeware out there that can do that, but off the
top of my head I can not point you at any, as I have paid software to
do that (Nero, for example).

It is also possible to use freeware like ffmpeg (on Linux or Windows)
to convert the MythTV recordings to what DVD mastering software needs,
but that gets complicated, so try the easy ways first.