[mythtv-users] A few questions from a new mythtv user

[J. Donavan Stanley]

Hans Engelen wrote:

>2. Is there support planned for removable media ? What I mean is, to use 
>things such as DVD-RAM, DVD-/+R/RW, etc as a sort of offline archiving? 
>Happen to have a DVD-RAM here leftover from my last job and it seems to me an 
>ideal way to archive a seasons worth of recordings of <insert great tv series 
>here>. As I understand the whole mythtv system now (with entries in mysql, 
>cover photos, recording info, description etc etc etc) it seems to be 
>centered mostly on having all that permanently online. Incidentally when I 
>found myself wondering about this question I stumbled onto what seems to be a 
>very promising idea (www.matroska.org) of what they call an 'extensible 
>audio/video container format'. I especially liked the promise of being able 
>to include chapter entries, selectable audiostreams, menus (like dvds) and 
>subtitle streams along with other things such as covers and info. Seems to me 
>a perfect way to take a lot of hassle out of the offline archive aspect.
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DVD archival, both as real DVDs (playable in DVD players), and archive 
DVDs (usable only by computers).  Is one itch I intend to scratch,  I 
plan on starting on it RSN, I've just got a lot of things on my plate.