great software

Could be nice if you shared it, yes.

Im looking to up the quality on the new myth2ipod script. What line do i need to change?

Im running version VERSION: 1.0b2 - myth2ipod


Thanks in advance.

I just upgraded my knoppmyth to R5C7. I am attempting to install myth2ipod
The script worked fine went to do a test and I recieved errors I can't seem to find in the mythwiki or this thread.

/usr/local/bin/myth2ipod -cut /myth/tv 1206_20060716100000_20060716103000.nuv
Starting nuvexport...
Generating cutlist
/usr/bin/mythcommflag --chanid 1206 --starttime 20060716100000 --gencutlist
2006-07-27 21:12:26.133 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2006-07-27 21:12:26.487 New DB connection, total: 1
2006-07-27 21:12:26.600 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2006-07-27 21:12:26.647 New DB connection, total: 2
/usr/local/bin/nuvexport --chanid=1206 --start=20060716100000 --mode=iPod --nice=19 --cutlist --nodenoise --nodeinterlace --nomultipass --filename=1206_20060716100000.temp --path=/myth/ipodfeed/

Loading MythTV recording info.
99%
Unknown aspect ratio: 0.0000
Argument "0.0000:1" isn't numeric in numeric eq (==) at /usr/local/share/nuvexport/mythtv/nuvinfo.pm line 246.

Now encoding: Sports Reporters: Untitled
Encode started: Thu Jul 27 21:12:37 2006
Illegal division by zero at /usr/local/share/nuvexport/export/ffmpeg.pm line 211.
Nuvexport encoding seems to have failed
/usr/local/bin/MP4Box -add /myth/ipodfeed/1206_20060716100000.temp.mp4 /myth/ipodfeed/1206_20060716100000.ipod.mp4
Unknown input file type
Error: Feature Not SupportedError importing /myth/ipodfeed/1206_20060716100000.temp.mp4: Feature Not Supported
MP4Box cleanup seems to have failed
Nuvexport completed, starting xml generation...
"Sports_Reporters--20060716" has been added to the feed.
XML file created for "Sports_Reporters--20060716" : Yipeee
Cleaning up temporary files
rm -f /myth/ipodfeed/1206_20060716100000.temp.mp4
Generating cutlist
/usr/bin/mythcommflag --chanid 1206 --starttime 20060716100000 --clearcutlist
2006-07-27 21:12:40.855 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2006-07-27 21:12:41.176 New DB connection, total: 1
2006-07-27 21:12:41.247 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2006-07-27 21:12:41.273 Cutlist cleared
Sports Reporters is ready for your ipod

I went to subcribe and download to my ipod and the error says the video is not there?

Same here. Just installed last night on R5D1. My video source is all HDTV, using PCHD3000 or Air2PC5000. Anybody have a solution?
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Chris

It may sound strange - but I'll mention it anyways...

I was having major problems trying to make this work. I was having the "aspect ratio" issue mentioned as well as the problems with "unknown format iPod" (or something worded like that) when running Nuvexport manually. ffmpeg looked like it had the correct options enabled, but would refuse to work.

I ended up doing an update to the newest gcc (4.04?) and did a re-make on ffmpeg. All options were enabled in Nuvexport and I never had the aspect error again.

I will have to look carefully at the steps that I did when I do my next upgrade. Hopefully it helps...

Make sure that your Mythweb is running on port 80. I had mine on port 81 and iTunes would see the videos but couldn't download them.

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Currently running: R5.5, HD5000 x 2, PVR150, Athlon 64 3000+, Chaintech VNF4, 1GB RAM, 2 x 250GB in LVM, MSI NX6200TC -> AA 9A60 -> HDTV

Is anyone else having trouble running Myth2Ipod with R5D1? It doesn't work for me.

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Currently running: R5.5, HD5000 x 2, PVR150, Athlon 64 3000+, Chaintech VNF4, 1GB RAM, 2 x 250GB in LVM, MSI NX6200TC -> AA 9A60 -> HDTV

Hi,

Have anyone tried myth2ipod script on a hd recording?
I have myth2ipod installed on R5C7 and everything works great for SD recording (PVR-150).

I have 2 issues for HD recording.

1. The transcoding speed is extremely slow (granted I only run an Athlon XP 2000+). I made an attempt on an HD and it took 3 hrs to do 15% of a 1 hr recording. So I killed it. The process start out at 10-14 fps (fairly reasonable given my specs) but about 13% into the process, the frame rates drops to 1-2 fps. Yikes! I have 512 meg of ram.

2. Playing back the partially generated mp4 file from (1) I can see "extra effects" on the trascoded recording. I can only describe this "effect" as a green tint window moving up and down the video. Sort of like watching the video thru a tinted window while sliding the window up and down constantly.
Very strange.

Anyone experience this?

The HD capture was done by a DVICO Fusion Lite HDTV card.

Any way to fix this?

Thanks for the help.
P.

I just got myth2ipod working on R5E50 and thought I would share my notes since the myth2ipod notes are a bit old, and I was afraid to the use the install script for myth2ipod. So I followed the manual install steps @ http://www.myth2ipod.com/myth2ipod.html

Step 1. Good we have xvid and faac, so we don't need to recompile ffmpeg
Step 2. Skip this step because we're good to go!
Step 3. Followed these steps but changed it to get newer bits:
wget http://umn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourcefor ... rc2.tar.gz
wget http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/sour ... 4.0.tar.gz

To get /usr/local/bin/MP4Box to run I had to add /usr/local/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf and then run ldconfig. This was because when you compile gpac it doesn't include the full path to its libraries.

Step 4. Followed this step as written.

Step 5. Followed as written, but updated the item in index.html so that it would be bold like the other links in mythweb.

<br><a href="ipodfeed"><b>iPod Feed dir</b></a>:<br>

I put this on line 151 after the keys link.

Step 6. Followed as written

Final Notes:
Had to change lines in /etc/nuvexportrc
from
<ffmpeg::iPod>
to
<ffmpeg::mp4>

from
</ffmpeg::iPod>
to
</ffmpeg::mp4>

Otherwise myth2ipod would fail with the following messsage:

"Please be aware that the ffmpeg::ipod section of /etc/nuvexportrc should now be called ffmpeg:mp4
Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/bin/nuvexport line 37."

Tested it out on the command line first:
$/usr/local/bin/myth2ipod -cut /myhth/tv 1032_20070102220000.mpg

Tested sucking it accross with iTunes and watched the video on my iPod

Finally, I saw cecil's note about nuvexport being broke in R5E50, so updated that according to his post here:
http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=13234&

Thanks! I'll incorporate this into the next release. How would you like to test it once I have it ready?

Thanks! I tried the automatic script, and it made a mess of things. I hadn't invested too much time in R5E50, so I ended up re-installing it.

Sure, I always like checking out the new versions of KnoppMyth. Btw, I can't say thank you enough for KnoppMyth! Kuddos on R5E50, the only thing I had to fix was lirc and that was just coping over backup file!

Worked on R5E50! Thanks!

Pearlous,

Nice write-up for getting this to work in R5E50. I can also comment that this works in R5E50 from the commandline, but...

I cannot get it to work as a User Job. I get an error about missing the "termcap" for the file selected for encoding, then a cascade of errors presumably as a result. I could post the log file for this, if necessary, but it is tedious to do if no one if monitoring this thread.

Have tried the script (/usr/local/bin/myth2ipod) with and without the "-cut" in the User Job box as well as with and without quotations for the "%FILE" and "%DIR%" portions , but it doesn't seem to matter. Cannot figure this one out.

But it works flawlessly as mythtv user from the commandline from both a local and remote (ssh) terminal window.

Would welcome some input.

drutherford