November 10, 2005
Getting files from MythTV to the new Video iPod
Like everyone else in the world, I too am caught up in the hype of being able to watch video on an iPod. Being the cheap guy that I am, I don't relish paying $1.99 for episodes of TV shows that I already have recorded digitally (on my MythTV). The solution is Myth 2 iPod, a set of scripts to help MythTV users to automatically transcode shows, and "podcast" them.
As a point of reference, here is the thread about new video iPod that caused the above site to get created.
April 13, 2005
Hints on getting NFS working with MythTV
This page describes step-by-step how to setup NFS with your MythTV
January 27, 2005
A windows program to burn .nuv files
Mailing List Archive: ivtv, nuv files and DVDs
VideoReDo has tool called "QuickStream Fix". I can run this tool directly on the nuv file and it outputs a remuxed and corrected mpeg that I can burn to DVD without a problem.
December 14, 2004
MythTV shell scripts
For a lark Shaun wrote a short shell script to list the nuv files that mythtv has forgotten about:
Mailing List Archive: Cleaning up /var/lib/mythtv
As well as a companion script, which lists the nuv
files that myth does know about.
May 24, 2004
Burn shows to a DVD
How can I burn shows that I have recorded to a DVD?
Hacks (mkdvd -- DVD creator script)
[Mjpeg-users] Video Artifacts Transcoding MythTV .nuv files to DVD
January 13, 2004
MythTV Mailing List Archive
As useful as MythTV has been to me straight out of the box, every now and then I need help.
MythTV Mailing List Archives is a great, searchable resource that will answer any of your problems (that other people might have asked before).
December 23, 2003
Remote control for MythTV
As much as I like the remote that came w/ my PVR 250, I've decided to get a better remote control. I just purchased this remote:
the Philips PMDVR8 8-Device DVR Remote for use with TiVo® and ReplayTV®. I haven't had a chance to test it out yet, but follow-up once I've got it installed.
December 16, 2003
MythTV: nuv to svcd
Chris talks about his trials and tribuation with getting MythTV his nuv -> svcd format.
Transcoding w/ MythTV
With MythTV, there is a great (and mostly under-documented feature called Installing transcoding. What transcoding should do is resave your original recording -- but you can add edit areas to remove commercials, etc -- so that the end file is smaller than the original.
I tried it last night on a Food network show. While watching TV, I pressed "E", then set "cut points" by moving around w/ the arrows, and pressing space. When all points were set (I only wanted to save 30seconds of the show), press "E" again to go into playback mode. Then press "x" and you should see a message on screen indicating that transcoding is in process.
Then I waited about 2minutes and nothing happened. :( I forgot about it until this AM, when I checked my system from work using MythWeb. I saw that this recording had shrunk from 1 Gigabyte to only 148 MB, so I think transcoding may have worked! I won't know until I get home tonight.
These links below might help explain transcoding a teeny bit more.
December 11, 2003
JP1 Remote -- Use with MythTV
Nuts & Volts Article - Remotes Homepage talks about JP1 remotes and how they can be programmed.
What I find of special interest is how this can be used with my MythTV setup and my PVR-250 input card.
December 08, 2003
Forget Tivo, build your own PVR
For the past few months, I've been running my own MythTV box. Basically, this is a homebrew PVR (personal video recorder) that runs on an extra computer that I have at home.
Since I already have DSL and a home network (and years of computer experience) building this system proved to be quite easy for me, but was helped a lot by Jarod's Step-by-step guide to building a MythTV box under Red Had Linux 9.
The 2 things I like the best about this setup:
1) It's free
2) It's expandable (I was able to add a 120GB harddrive to my existing 80GB harddrive for more recording time)
3) MythWeb allows me to access my system via a web browser...which means that I can "set my VCR" from anywhere in the world!
I went with the Hauppage PVR-250 card which you can purchase at Amazon.com: