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blindDrop at shaw

Nov 19, 2008, 9:55 PM

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mythtv on the go?

Not sure if this has been discussed previously - not sure what I would
look for in the list archive to discover any such discussion but if you
know of one please point me to it...

I have recently installed mythfrontend on a Linux EEE PC with the
thought of archiving/copying previously recorded programs in their
raw/native mythtv format from my backend server to portable storage that
I could use while on the road. For some reason I thought mytharchive
would do the trick but it seems not - one can only create a native
archive that would have to then be imported before it could be played...
correct?

So, without installing a backend on the EEE, is the only way to watch
recorded shows on the road to convert to a format that is playable in
something like mplayer? Seems like such a waste of time if so.

Your feedback is appreciated,

Troy.

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nick.rout at gmail

Nov 20, 2008, 12:40 AM

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Re: mythtv on the go? [In reply to]

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 6:55 PM, Troy <blindDrop [at] shaw> wrote:
> Not sure if this has been discussed previously - not sure what I would
> look for in the list archive to discover any such discussion but if you
> know of one please point me to it...
>
> I have recently installed mythfrontend on a Linux EEE PC with the
> thought of archiving/copying previously recorded programs in their
> raw/native mythtv format from my backend server to portable storage that
> I could use while on the road. For some reason I thought mytharchive
> would do the trick but it seems not - one can only create a native
> archive that would have to then be imported before it could be played...
> correct?
>
> So, without installing a backend on the EEE, is the only way to watch
> recorded shows on the road to convert to a format that is playable in
> something like mplayer? Seems like such a waste of time if so.

what conversion is necessary to watch it on mplayer? the answer is "none".

yes you do lose the database features such as episode name, date etc.
However you can use mythrename to get a sensible filename.
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Nov 20, 2008, 1:10 AM

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Re: mythtv on the go? [In reply to]

>> I have recently installed mythfrontend on a Linux EEE PC with the
>> thought of archiving/copying previously recorded programs in their
>> raw/native mythtv format from my backend server to portable storage that
>> I could use while on the road. For some reason I thought mytharchive
>> would do the trick but it seems not - one can only create a native
>> archive that would have to then be imported before it could be played...
>> correct?
>>
>> So, without installing a backend on the EEE, is the only way to watch
>> recorded shows on the road to convert to a format that is playable in
>> something like mplayer? Seems like such a waste of time if so.
>
> what conversion is necessary to watch it on mplayer? the answer is "none".
>
> yes you do lose the database features such as episode name, date etc.
> However you can use mythrename to get a sensible filename.

The eee has quite limited storage. I run a user job to convert my
recordings to mp4. I convert them to 640x480, which is the max screen
resolution that can play on an iPod. The resulting encoded files also
give acceptable results when played back on my big screen via MythVideo
and on my eee. They will also play on all the other portable players,
that various members of the household own. A typical 1 GB Myth recording
shrinks to around 250 MByte.

Ian.
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fsquires at gmail

Nov 20, 2008, 8:17 AM

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Re: mythtv on the go? [In reply to]

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 12:55 AM, Troy <blindDrop [at] shaw> wrote:
> Not sure if this has been discussed previously - not sure what I would
> look for in the list archive to discover any such discussion but if you
> know of one please point me to it...
>
> I have recently installed mythfrontend on a Linux EEE PC with the
> thought of archiving/copying previously recorded programs in their
> raw/native mythtv format from my backend server to portable storage that
> I could use while on the road. For some reason I thought mytharchive
> would do the trick but it seems not - one can only create a native
> archive that would have to then be imported before it could be played...
> correct?
>
> So, without installing a backend on the EEE, is the only way to watch
> recorded shows on the road to convert to a format that is playable in
> something like mplayer? Seems like such a waste of time if so.
>
> Your feedback is appreciated,

I often do this on my Macbook by downloading from MythWeb.
Of course, I'd love to have the feature you're talking about. I've
actually already suggested a similar feature on the Feature Wishlist.
http://mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Feature_Wishlist_(Frontend_Addons)

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john.baab at gmail

Nov 20, 2008, 2:37 PM

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Re: mythtv on the go? [In reply to]

We have a blueprint for some on the go functionality to be added to
Mythbuntu, it is slated to be worked on for 9.04. I have an EEE as
well so odds are functionality for it will be added ;)

For now I'd recommend a combination of the following:
1. Buy an external Hard Drive
2. Transcode/export the recordings into a smaller format

Throw your recordings onto the hard drive and use
mplayer/vlc/something to play them on your EEE.

If you are on ubuntu/mythbuntu you can use mythexport to reduce your
file sizes and have them ready to go:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MythExport

If not then you can set up your own user job to export/move/rename/etc
the files.

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Fred Squires <fsquires [at] gmail> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 12:55 AM, Troy <blindDrop [at] shaw> wrote:
>> Not sure if this has been discussed previously - not sure what I would
>> look for in the list archive to discover any such discussion but if you
>> know of one please point me to it...
>>
>> I have recently installed mythfrontend on a Linux EEE PC with the
>> thought of archiving/copying previously recorded programs in their
>> raw/native mythtv format from my backend server to portable storage that
>> I could use while on the road. For some reason I thought mytharchive
>> would do the trick but it seems not - one can only create a native
>> archive that would have to then be imported before it could be played...
>> correct?
>>
>> So, without installing a backend on the EEE, is the only way to watch
>> recorded shows on the road to convert to a format that is playable in
>> something like mplayer? Seems like such a waste of time if so.
>>
>> Your feedback is appreciated,
>
> I often do this on my Macbook by downloading from MythWeb.
> Of course, I'd love to have the feature you're talking about. I've
> actually already suggested a similar feature on the Feature Wishlist.
> http://mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Feature_Wishlist_(Frontend_Addons)
>
> --
> http://www.gunaxin.com/ : check out my new site about Sports, Girls,
> Humor, Media, Gadgets, and Beer.
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>
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blindDrop at shaw

Nov 21, 2008, 8:30 AM

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Re: mythtv on the go? [In reply to]

Excellent! I didn't realise this! The default video player on my EEE
plays the files without problem.

Thanks!

Troy.

On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 21:40 +1300, Nick Rout wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 6:55 PM, Troy <blindDrop [at] shaw> wrote:
> > Not sure if this has been discussed previously - not sure what I would
> > look for in the list archive to discover any such discussion but if you
> > know of one please point me to it...
> >
> > I have recently installed mythfrontend on a Linux EEE PC with the
> > thought of archiving/copying previously recorded programs in their
> > raw/native mythtv format from my backend server to portable storage that
> > I could use while on the road. For some reason I thought mytharchive
> > would do the trick but it seems not - one can only create a native
> > archive that would have to then be imported before it could be played...
> > correct?
> >
> > So, without installing a backend on the EEE, is the only way to watch
> > recorded shows on the road to convert to a format that is playable in
> > something like mplayer? Seems like such a waste of time if so.
>
> what conversion is necessary to watch it on mplayer? the answer is "none".
>
> yes you do lose the database features such as episode name, date etc.
> However you can use mythrename to get a sensible filename.
> _______________________________________________
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> mythtv-users [at] mythtv
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