[mythtv-users] Specific steps to nuvexport (DivX format) and systemlockups

[Timothy Weaver]

This actually helps me a lot and clarifies my needs. I thought nuvexport
was also used for getting the MPEG-2 files recorder by the PVR-250 to an
MPEG-4 file.

I am using the MythTV box in the USA to remotely record shows and then want
to transfer them to my computer in Europe. I have a significant bandwidth
restriction and therefore need to find a good way to compress the show down
and be able to watch it on a Windows box. As I understand it now, I can
just use mencoder or transcode to do this. Now I just need to find the
appropriate options to use to keep the file in a format satisfactory for
viewing but also small enough for downloading.

mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org wrote on 24.09.2003 16:21:10:


> Also, why are you using nuvexport if you have a PVR-250?  Files recorded
by
> a PVR-250 are standard MPEG-2; you could transcode them to DivX with a
> single mencoder or transcode command line.  nuvexport is mostly useful
for
> transcoding the Myth NuppelVideo format recordings that are ordinarily
not
> playable with anything else; it uses mythtranscode to 'play' the raw
video
> into a FIFO, which is read as raw audio & video data by ffmpeg.
>
> If your goal is simply to be able to watch your recordings in Windows,
then
> you could just copy the .nuv files recorded by your PVR-250 over to your
> Windows box and rename them to .mpg.  If you want to archive them in DivX
to
> save space, you can use mencoder, transcode, ffmpeg (but NOT through
> nuvexport) or any number of Windows programs.
>
> -JAC