[mythtv] MythArchive -> IPod

[Paul Harrison]

Dave Oxley wrote:
> florin baiduc wrote:
>   
>> On 6/9/06, Dave Oxley <dave at daveoxley.co.uk> wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> The subject kind of says it all really. I think Mytharchive would be a
>>> great way to transcode video and convert audio for an IPod. These are
>>> the things that I thought would need to be implemented:
>>>     
>>>       
>> They sound great.. Have you already started to code? I (and many other
>> developers here) would gladly test it :))..
>>   
>>     
> No, haven't started any coding yet. Wanted to sound people out
> (particularly Paul) on the idea first. And also see if anyone had code
> that would save re-inventing the wheel. Oh yeah, probably ought to by
> myself an IPod as well. ;)
>   
It's always been my intention to make mytharchive a general purpose 
import/export module. It makes sense to re-use some of the existing 
scripts/tools where possible rather than re-invent the wheel. My plan is 
to rework the existing code to make it easier to add new import/export 
methods at the moment the code doesn't make it easy to do that. Because 
not everyone will want all the same export methods you will be able to 
choose when you run the configure script exactly what you want to 
include. I also hope to keep the number of external dependencies to a 
minimum by using existing tools where ever possible.

I don't own an iPod so would need some pointers as to what mytharchive 
needs to do to export to it. What does the UI side of things need to do 
for example?

Paul H.