<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Douglas Wagner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:douglasw0@gmail.com">douglasw0@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Johnny <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jarpublic@gmail.com" target="_blank">jarpublic@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><div></div><div>> Hi, I have a 0.21 based combined FE/BE but I'm planning to travel soon and<br>
> would like to take some recordings with me.<br>
> I have a windows laptop that I usually travel with and I'm looking for an<br>
> easy way to watch recordings.<br>
> I figure I could:<br>
> a) copy the raw files. but without the mysql DB the files will<br>
> have cryptic names so WAF will be very low.<br>
> b) mytharchive the recordings to dvd "wasting" a bunch of dvds and battery<br>
> life during playback.<br>
> c) install linux on my laptop and then a FE & tunerless BE, then copy the DB<br>
> & recordings? (this sounds like way too much work!)<br>
> Ideally I'd like to have mpg files with easy names and I feel like this<br>
> should be possible however I don't have any experience with transcoding<br>
> (haven't needed to).<br>
> Is that the way to go? Any suggestions, pointers to wikis, etc would be<br>
> appreciated.<br>
<br>
</div></div>You want to use mythrename.pl. It will do just what you want. Use the<br>
link option to get links to the original files but with meaningful<br>
names. Then copy the renamed files over to your laptop and it will<br>
grab the right file and it will have a good name. Also a quick way for<br>
just a few recording is to just download them via mythweb. This will<br>
also give you a meaningful name fore the file.<br>
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</blockquote></div><br></div></div>To second this and provide a bit more general information (since the topic might be easily picked up.).<br><br>From a laptop perspective,there is absolutely no reason to have Myth installed (i.e. Make the laptop a linux laptop and install myth as a separate frontend). Too, the Myth Database is unnecessary for viewing recordings off system.<br>
<br>From the windows perspective, there are several players out there that will recognize the standard MPEG2 format(* see note) from VLC,(very popular) to Windows Media Player,to several others, the format is supported so the LARGEST problem you have is actually getting the recordings TO the laptop (I recommend FTP as I have found both copying over samba shares and nfs shares unreliable with this large an amount of data...particularly if you are talking HD Recordings). <br>
<br>* NOTE: The NUV format is unlikely to be supported across just about any system other than Linux and any NUV recordings will likely need to be transcoded to mpeg2 or mpeg4 first before transfer, google for "Mythtranscode" for more information.<br>
<br>As the poster mentioned above if your only issue is what the files are named, you can either do the rename yourself (files are in the format of channel_year|month|day|hour|minute|second (1301_20080503190000.mpg) and it's very easy within myth to find the video you want and both copy it and rename it. That said, this is what mythrename.pl does for you. You tell it what file to rename and it will create a copy of the recording with the show name and such in the file name, very handy.<br>
<br>Again, to be a bit more generic with the discussion, if you are looking to play this on a device other than a fully blown windows laptop (like an iPod Touch/Video, Zune, PSP, etc.) then what you need to do is setup something to take your shows and automatically export them to a format supported by the device. <br>
<br>If you happen to be using a UBUNTU mythtv based system there is a WONDERFUL program called "MythExport" (again, google) that will allow you to export recordings to an iTunes compatable feed that will allow you to very quickly and easily export myth recordings to a handheld device. I am currently sitting at home from a 15 hour drive (with another comming up) ahead of me and two iPod touches and an iPhone loaded to the brink with various programs and shows that each person wants to watch on the trip...sure keeps a 7 and 5 year old quiet during a long road trip.<br>
<br>There used to be a more generic setup called myth2ipod which I think I re-documented on the Myth Wiki at <a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/IPod_Export_Solution:_Myth2iPod" target="_blank">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/IPod_Export_Solution:_Myth2iPod</a>. My personal preference is Mythexport (and if you can make it work it's better) since you have full web based control and an eaiser to use interface than myth2ipod, but I did use myth2ipod for several years and it works just as well, albeit with a bit more manual intervention...and I think that solution is somewhat limited in the systems it supports (It was built to export to the old iPod video, so some of the settings are likely very user specific.) Most of these systems are command line utilities that allow you to setup a user job within mythtv to automagically export a recording.<br>
<br>This said, both mythexport and myth2ipod are really nothing more than wrapper scripts for ffmpeg and the other transcoding utilities you likely already have installed on your system. There is NOTHING (other than time and experience I guess) to keep you from just using ffmpeg and setting up your own feed to something like iTunes if you're looking to export to a handheld device.<br>
<br>Looking up things like "mythtv export to ipod" or "export mythtv to windows" should get you a host of links that might be helpful.<br><font color="#888888"><br>--Douglas Wagner</font></blockquote>
<div><br>Thanks for all the info! I suspect I'll just use mythweb but I'll look into mythexport too.<br><br>Somewhat OT but how does myth decide whether to record as *.mpg or *.nuv? I just checked my (nearly all SD) BE and I only found a single *.nuv file that was very small. Is this set in the recording profiles or SD vs HD? <br>
<br>thanks in advance,<br>Matt<br> </div></div>