[mythtv-users] mythweb / flowplayer and flv files updated howto?

[Raymond Wagner]

On 5/26/2011 23:03, Rob Davis wrote:
> On 26/05/11 21:25, Raymond Wagner wrote:
>> On 5/26/2011 22:15, Rob Davis wrote:
>>> I'm running a 0.25 git version of MythTV/Mythweb, however I can't quite
>>> get the links right between flowplayer and whereever my flv file needs
>>> to be stored.  I have script to create an flv after the recording is
>>> done, but I can't workout where it should be stored/linked and howto get
>>> it out of the website.
>>>
>>> Seems like flowplayer is trying to find it in
>>> /website/mythweb/pl/stream/2171/1306371600.flv
>>>
>>> However the stream is currently in:
>>>
>>> /mnt/media/Movies/mythtv/2391_20110525190000.mpg.flv
>>>
>> You completely misunderstand what is going on here.  The FLV is not
>> stored anywhere.  It is generated on-the-fly by a perl script running
>> ffmpeg, and the output is dumped straight onto the HTTP connection.
> Is there an updated howto, as the wiki here suggests this is the way to
> do it.  Converting it on the fly is a much better idea.

In Settings --> MythWeb --> Video Playback, you enable it, and you're 
done.  Aside from that, MythWeb needs access to and permissions for the 
storage group folders holding your recorded content.