[mythtv-users] Laptop as disconnected frontend?

[Steve Briggs]

Hummm...  This is probably getting off topic, but several
people have responded that mplayer plays myth .nuv files.
Well, *my* version doesn't; I wonder what I'm missing?
(interestingly enough, mencoder *does* read them)

> mplayer -v 1049_20060410020000.nuv
gives a bunch of diagnostics, including

MPlayer 1.0pre7try2-4.0.2 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team

Playing 1049_20060410020000.nuv.
[file] File size is 261709861 bytes
STREAM: [file] 1049_20060410020000.nuv
STREAM: Description: File
STREAM: Author: Albeu
STREAM: Comment: based on the code from ??? (probably Arpi)
CACHE_PRE_INIT: 0 [0] 0  pre:0  eof:3284992  
Checking for YUV4MPEG2
ASF_check: not ASF guid!
Checking for Nullsoft Streaming Video
Checking for NuppelVideo
Checking for REAL
Checking for SMJPEG
Searching demuxer type for filename 1049_20060410020000.nuv ext: .nuv
Checking for MOV
Checking for VIVO
header block 1 size: 121
AVS: avs_check_file - attempting to open file 1049_20060410020000.nuv
AVS: File is too big, aborting...
Checking for PVA
Checking for MPEG-TS...
TRIED UP TO POSITION 67365, FOUND 47, packet_size= 0, SEEMS A TS? 0
Checking for LMLM4 Stream Format
Invalid packet in LMLM4 stream: ch=19833 size=1414944353
LMLM4 Stream Format not found



On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 20:58:37 -0700 (PDT)
Steve Briggs wrote:

> I have a normal myth setup at home and everything works
> great.   Now, we want to go on vacation and I want to 
> copy some recordings to my laptop (which has frontend
> software installed) so that we can watch them on vacation.
> So, I want to just do something like:
>    mythtv 1038_20060723121500.nuv
> while on the road and have it play the video.  
> 
> Unfortunately, it tries to connect to the backend,
> which of course isn't there because the laptop isn't
> on the network.  Is there any way to just play a
> recording (mpeg-4, BTW) without the backend/database/MySQL?
> 
> If mythtv won't play it without a backend, am I stuck
> transcoding it (from .nuv on my home network) to a "real"
> mpeg4 (i.e.something mplayer will understand) on my
> laptop?  That's a lot more painful than just copying
> the file over to the laptop.
> 
> TIA,
> Steve


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