MythTV automatically convert video
 

Hi, I am using MythTV 0.18 on Ubuntu Dapper.

I can record TV programs with no problems. What I want is to be able to convert the NUV video to AVI (or something) automatically after the recording is complete. Is this possible?

I can do this conversion manually using mencoder, but the MythTV file names are incomprehensible so it is difficult to find the video to convert.

Also, is it possible to give the recordings more understandable names? I need to be able to view the recordings in an external viewer, so I need to be able to find the recordings easily.

Thanks in advance
--Ian

You can setup a user job to do the conversion. Create a script using your Mencoder commands, and use something like $1 as your input so you can easily feed the new files into it without having to hard code the new filename each time. mythrename.pl (IIRC) is the script that renames your files to give them meaningful names. In the end, to do what you are talking about, is probably easiest to do with nuvexport; it will do both the conversion and the renaming.

Also, why are you using that release? It's getting quite dated now, and I suspect 0.20 will be released shortly after the end of the "google SoC" summer ends. So at this point, you are nearly 2 releases behind. Your choice, just suggesting you may want to consider upgrading after the 0.20 release.

Good Luck!

Cool

Thanks,
I will have a go at that when I get the chance.

I am using 0.18, because that is the version that is in the Ubuntu Dapper repositories. Do you know if it is possible to upgrade MythTV without losing all my channel settings (this was actually quite difficult to do, so I don't want to lose them)?

Thanks
--Ian

An upgrade to 0.19 (or if you wait for 0.20) probably won't screw up your channel settings. Although, I'd definitely burn a backup before trying just in case something really bad happens; or worse, you don't like 0.19/.20

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