[mythtv-users] Developers: Future of MythTV?

James L. Paul james at mauibay.net
Mon Dec 8 18:22:58 EST 2003


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On Monday 08 December 2003 06:34, Sean wrote:
> > Ronald Kohsman wrote:
> >> Is there a DVD-RW archiving in the future? P
> >
> > That topic just came up on the dev list the other day.  It's an idea
> > I've been kicking around recently.  Unless someone else steps forward
> > between now and then I plan on starting on a DVD / CD archiving tool to
> > allow you to archive your various Myth files to DVD / CD.  Right now I'm
> > looking to suppport two types of disk: normal DVDs playable in any DVD
> > player and MythDVDs (more like MythDisks) that contain the media itself
> > along with it's metadata in a file on the disk.  When a MythDVD is
> > inserted into a MythTV box the frontend will display a nice selection
> > menu for you to play them back.

IMO, I see little reason to do two types of disks. When I archive I always try 
to use an industry standard format to future-proof my discs as much as 
possible. I don't want to go through any hoops in 10 years to read my discs. 
:)

I suppose it's not realistic yet to archive MPEG4 in a standard readable 
format on plastic, but it certainly is for MPEG2. So for MPEG2 disks I'd 
recommend a standard DVD format. There's no reason you can't include MythTV 
metadata or whatever on a standard DVD. So you could play such disks on any 
standard DVD player, and if you popped them into a MythTV box it would read 
the metadata and have whatever extra functionality you want to include.

I'm trying to say that you don't need two different types of discs to have 
"normal DVDs playable in any DVD player and MythDVDs (more like MythDisks) 
that contain the media itself along with it's metadata in a file on the 
disk." That can be easily accomplished with a single disk format.

> Holy crap!
> As a Myth user who is new to Linux in general and who had already filled
> his 200G drive (hehe) I would KILL for a tool like this. I would be totally
> happy to contribute this or any effort, but I am totally clueless about
> programming. I do have graphic design and DVD authoring ability so if those
> skill-sets are needed let me know...
>
> -Sean
>
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