<p>On ubuntu you can enable mythexport. This will allow you to setup transcode jobs for your shows that will make them a more appropriate size for your ipad. When complete, the files can be accessed from a rss feed on your myth backend </p>
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word">We're going away on holiday and I'd like to put a few of the kids' favourites on the iPad.<div><br></div><div>I was excited to find this[1] perl script for ipod export, but when I tried to run it I got all kinds of warnings (I'm running Ubuntu 12.04) saying ffmpeg is deprecated.</div>
<div><br></div><div>So my new tactic is just to use avconv on files in the /home/mythtv/recordings directory that start with the right channel ID. I'm planning to put them into a DropBox folder so I can see them from the iPad.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Anyone see a flaw in this plan? Any better ideas or experiences out there?</div><div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Ipod_export" target="_blank">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Ipod_export</a></div>
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<div>cheers,</div><div>Matt</div><div><br></div><div>--<br>Freelance programmer & coach<br>Author, <a href="http://pragprog.com/book/hwcuc/the-cucumber-book" target="_blank">http://pragprog.com/book/hwcuc/the-cucumber-book</a><br>
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