[mythtv-users] OT: mencoder recording

[Bob]

Nick Rout wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 4:33 PM, Bob <mythtv at cox.net> wrote:
>   
>> I am trying to use mencoder from the command line to occasionally record
>> programs.  The backend seems to work fine, is there a way I can get the
>>  program id, audio id, video id from the backend so I can set-up a
>> mencoder config file?
>>
>>     
>
> Why would you do this?
>   
My neighborhood has "on demand" now.  I can tune to 1 of about 5 
channels and sometimes get lucky and find a show playing.  I have a 
spare DVB tuner (as you noticed) and would like to create a cron job to 
detect when content is available.  Once I determine that content is 
available, I can use mythweb to schedule the recording.

However, sounds like this idea will not work.