[mythtv-users] MythArchive has been added to svn - Please test

[Paul Harrison]

Cory Papenfuss wrote:
>  	Sorry folks... I'm jumping into this thread a bit late.
>
>  	Looking through the wiki, it looks like the module has two main 
> purposes:
> - Export settop-playable DVD
> - Archive recording with metadata for re-import later.
>
>  	A few questions:
> - Does it seem possible to include the metadata in a settop-playable DVD 
> in a location that is harmless to the DVD spec?  It would be nice to sorta 
> "combine the two" archive vs. export for a single backup without losing 
> the metadata from a mythbox. 
> - Will a re-import be required to use the archive in a mythbox or would it 
> be playable right off the disc?  The latter would be ideal of course.
>
>  	The ability to offload a DVD's worth of programming to a 
> general-purpose disc that will work in a settop-player OR be played from a 
> mythbox that can read the metadata doesn't seem like it would be that much 
> of a stretch.  It would definately be slick.
>
> -Cory
>
>   
Its a good idea in principle but there are some limitations with it. I'm 
sure it could be done though.

The video file on a DVD , has I know you already know, have been bashed 
about a bit and often aren't really the same as the original file. It 
does depend on how the original recording was made but there may be 
several streams missing like extra audio tracks, and various data 
streams for teletext, interactive tv or dvb subtitle streams for 
example. I wanted a way to pressure the file and metadata exactly as the 
original so I could move it to another myth system.

I know some of the other devs have been toying with the idea to make it 
possible to store recordings in some form of offline storage that will 
automatically appear in Myth when the offline media is made available 
but I'm not sure how its going to work.

Paul H.