[mythtv-users] an easier way to create "friendly" names for converted files

[Jeremy Jones]

On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 7:50 AM, Larry Roberts <mythtv at american-hero.com>wrote:

> On 1/3/2013 3:15 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>
>> On 01/03/2013 02:06 AM, Bob Long wrote:
>>
>>> Larry Roberts wrote,
>>>
>>>  My end goal is to get a couple of daily recordings converted to a roku
>>>> compatible format with friendly names for my wife to watch on the roku
>>>> in our bedroom.
>>>>
>>>
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>> Are you aware of http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/**Mythlink.pl<http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mythlink.pl>?
>>>
>>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>  Definitely aware of mythlink as I use it to to interface with airvideo.
> It was a great find at the time and something my kids use every night. to
> stream videos to the iPAD.
>
> Maybe its just my understanding of how the user job operates and stores
> information but how do I tell mythlink to create links to those newly
> converted .m4v files?  I didn't see a way to specify the directory the
> files were in.  I believe it gets that info directly from the DB and from
> what I can tell only did the original file.  I run mythlink every 30
> minutes to update recording information and I cant find a link to the newly
> created .m4v file.
>
> I think we all missed the "convert" part of your original post.  What are
you doing to create the .m4v files?  Since these are not referenced by
mythlink I assume they also do not show up in Myth Frontend under Watch
Recordings.  Is that correct?

Jeremy
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