mythtv -- export to mpeg/burn to dvd?

[Matt Price]

On Thu, 2007-01-25 at 10:19 -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 07:50:03PM -0500, Matt Price wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I run mythtv 0.18 under ubuntu breezy on a low-end dell with a Hauppauge
> > pvr-350 -- t all works great for me and I have  not noticed any missing
> > features..  
> > 
> > however, I'm now getting requests from people to 'tape something for me'
> > -- e.g., my brother wants us to tape Mr Rogers for his 2-year-old, and
> > occasionally something's on the news that some neighbour wants
> > recorded.  
> > 
> > so, question:  is there an easy way to flag a bunch of recordings in
> > mythtv, perhaps rip them to xvid or mpeg4, then burn them to a dvd?
> > THis would all have to be done either through the mythtv interface, or
> > on the command line; this machine has nothing attached to the onboard
> > vga-out.  And it would be nice if it could be done in a pretty
> > straightforward way -- set a bunch of preferences, make sure that the
> > the file has been flagged for commercials, then transcode to a
> > reasonable file name.  For some shows I'd probably do it as a cron job.
> > 
> > looking around, it seems like nuvexport is the preferred tool for this.
> > does anyone use nuvexport in approximately the way I describe?  Or
> > ocmbine it with some ad hoc scripts?  WOuld love to hear the experience
> > of others.
> 
> mytharchive (new in mythtv 0.20) does exactly that.  It is great.
> 
thanks to both you guys, and sorry for the delay in responding.  when I
have a chance I think I'll add a new partition to the lvm, upgrade to
0.20, and fool around with everything to make sure it works...  I will
be crucified if I botch up our mythtv set up as it's the only technical
project in our house that anyone ELSE uses...

matt


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