[mythtv-users] OTA HD in .nuv format?!

[Rich West]

Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 10/02/2007 11:50 AM, Rich West wrote:
>   
>> While migrating my main recording file system to a new SATA drive, I
>> noticed that the last few OTA HD shows that were recorded have a .nuv
>> extension.  I checked the profiles for those shows and they are not set
>> to transcode.  I don't remember manually transcoding them, either.  One
>> of the shows was recorded late last night, so I know I didn't transcode
>> that one.
>>
>> Is there something obvious that I am missing here...?
>>
>> I checked the archvies, but since I really don't know what could be
>> causing the problem, I wasn't too sure as to what to search for..
>>     
>
> Is it really in NUV format or is it just a file with a .nuv extension?
>
> $ file 1009_20051119195800.nuv
> 1009_20051119195800.nuv: data
>
> is a NUV file
>
> $ file 1009_20060924220100.mpg
> 1009_20060924220100.mpg: MPEG sequence, v2, program multiplex
>
> is a PVR-x50-recorded MPEG file
>
> $ file 1021_20061212200000.mpg
> 1021_20061212200000.mpg: TeX font metric data
> (ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ)
>
> is an OTA HTDV recording
>
> You can also use mplayer (especially with verbose output) to get "real"
> container-/CODEC-type information.

I did check via file earlier.  It's coming back as "data".

# file "CSI- Miami - 2007-10-01, 10-00 PM - Cyber- lebrity.nuv"
CSI- Miami - 2007-10-01, 10-00 PM - Cyber- lebrity.nuv: data

Totally weird that it would do this..

-Rich