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

[Matt]

On 11/23/05, Joseph A. Caputo <jcaputo1 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 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
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Excellent!  Thanks for the very nice explaination!!

Here's one more for you, I've noticed that in mythweb, the recordings
are linked with the "myth://" moniker.  What's the story behind that?