[mythtv-users] export to iPod, nuvexport, & mythextras

Ken Truesdale kat at tiac.net
Wed May 25 11:03:42 UTC 2011


On May 24, 2011, at 3:11 AM, Paul Gardiner wrote:

> On 23/05/2011 18:47, Ken Truesdale wrote:
>> I've been using myth for about 6 months but this is the first time I need to export to an iPhone.  I found the wiki page about exporting to iPod ( http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/IPod_Export_Solution:_Myth2iPod ) and I was able to take care of everything except nuvexport.  It isn't on my system from the default install - I've done a find on 3 different mythtv installs and it doesn't exist (2 mythbuntu installs that were .23 and were upgraded and one that was newly installed using apt-get this week).
> 
> An easy alternative, which gives excellent quality and small files, is
> to set up a user job to use Handbrake. Here's mine:
> 
> /usr/bin/HandBrakeCLI -i "%DIR%/%FILE%" -o 
> "/home/public/tmp/iTouch/%TITLE% - %SUBTITLE%.mp4" --preset="iPhone & 
> iPod Touch"
> 
> You'll just need to choose a sensible alternative for 
> /home/public/tmp/iTouch on your system.
> 
> Cheers,
> 	Paul.


Paul, thanks, this is indeed what I did.  I checked IRC to see if anyone had suggestions on easy nuvexport setup and got the same suggestion (thanks rileyp).  I followed the guide at 
    http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9315886&postcount=6
And it worked very well for me.  The only things I changed were the OUTDIR location and the extension of the output file, I changed to "m4v".  

I saw another post that recommended using the Handbrake preset for "iPhone" (not "& iPod Touch") but the file size was larger and the video resolution was left at the original size.  And a listing of presets in Handbrake didn't show that option, so presumably the post was for an older version of Handbrake.  I checked the Handbrake UI and determined that the "iPhone & iPod Touch" preset matched my device best.  


Ken.


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