[mythtv-users] Filename confusion - .nuv and .mpg

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Wednesday 23 November 2005 12:56, Matt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've used myth for about 2 years now.  I've always known that it
> stores .nuv files, but for the first time in a long time I looked in
> my saved recordings directory and saw many more .mpg files than nuv
> files.
> 
> What I'm used to seeing is: 1070_20050407005900_20050407013100.nuv
> 
> and what I see now for recent recordings is: 1065_20051105020000.mpg
> 
> Why is that?  Is something being transcoded?  Does it now just default
> to save to .mpg?

Looks like you're running the SVN version.  Recent changes were made to 
change the filename format from <chanid>_<starttime>_<endtime>.nuv to 
<chanid>_<starttime>.<extension>

The <extension> now reflects the container format of the recording.  
Files recorded from a DVB source, or from a hardware MPEG encoding 
card, will be named "*.mpg".  Files recorded using software encoding, 
or transcoded recordings, will be named "*.nuv".

The content of the files has not changed, only the naming conventions.  
Previously, all files were "*.nuv", even if they were really MPEG 
files.

HTH,
JAC