[mythtv-users] Frontend Feature Proposal: MythToGo

[Brad DerManouelian]

On May 8, 2006, at 2:04 PM, matt mead wrote:

> I'm curious if anyone besides me would find this useful:
>
> Support in frontend for caching db information and recordings in  
> ~/.mythtv such
> that you can select a subset of recordings and the frontend will  
> store the
> recorded data and enough information from the mythconverg db that  
> they can be
> played without contacting the backend.
>
> This would allow you to select a set of shows you might want to  
> take on the
> road with you using your laptop, perform a synchronization, and then
> browse/playback those shows while away from your backend server.
>
> Typically I do similar things with the data from the recordings  
> directory - I
> just manually copy the files and open them with something like  
> VLC.  However in
> particular for recordings from my PVR-350, if I seek within them  
> using VLC, it
> starts stuttering on audio and will not recover.  Having these  
> available via
> the standard myth interface, with capability for skipping commercials,
> recording the start position, etc. would be really nice.  It might  
> also be nice
> to have the synchronization perform a local transcode, too, since  
> in most cases
> while I'm away from my 9' screen, I can tolerate a lower resolution  
> and bitrate
> for watching recorded programs.
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
>
> -matt

I sort of do this with podcasts. I use myth2ipod to transcode the  
programs I want to take with my and just download the podcast to my  
laptop. It might make more sense to do it this way since all you're  
interested in is the recordings. Then you can use whatever video  
player you want to watch them.