[mythtv-users] HDTV how to archive?

[Teruel deCampo MD]

On Wed, 2013-04-10 at 11:08 +0100, John Pilkington wrote: 
> On 09/04/13 22:35, HP-mini wrote:
> >
> >> I used the wrong expression: archive. What I want is to have a media I
> >> can play in other players like dvd or blue-ray players. Often I record
> >> professional cycling event and I watch them during the winter in front
> >> of my exercise bike.
> >> With a low def was easy to make a dvd using mytharchive.
> >> Thanks for your reply.
> >>
> >> -=terry=-
> >>
> > Would expect any recent BD player or TV to directly play any mpegts file
> > (mythtv recordings) from USB stick or HDD..
> > The BD player could probably play divx/dvd/h264 .mkv files from optical
> > media..
> > So data disc not authored ISO disc.
> >
> > The TVs tried here, play cut/edited mpegts files okay..
> >
> 
> I haven't tried a recent build of mytharchive in 'Create an archive' 
> mode, but that's exactly what that is intended to create; a data disk 
> with the recorded file plus metadata that allows it to be re-imported as 
> a recording.   Or just use a data-disk burning tool like k3b.  But I'm 
> inclined to question the need for HD archiving to optical disk too; if 
> you really want the performance in HD, just get more disk space - 
> perhaps portable.  If SD will do, record SD.
> 
Thxs Guys. I've just have to change my way of doing things.

-=terry=-