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Author:  lynchaj [ Tue Dec 28, 2004 8:50 pm ]
Post subject:  easy way to archive NUV files on CD/DVD [gross hack warning]
This is probably a gross hack but thought it is still handy.

I found an easy way to archive your .nuv files to CD or DVDs and make your knoppmyth box replay them easily.

I use a knoppmyth R4V5 box with 2 PVR-250's and no transcoding.

Using samba, I copy the .nuv files over from the knoppmyth box to my WinXP box, change the extension to .mpg, and just burn them to a blank DVD with Easy CD 5.

I made modifications to the /usr/share/mythtv/knoppmyth.xml file to add the lines after the "MPEG4 CD" button:

<button>
<type>MPEG2 DVD HACK</type>
<text>MPEG2 DVD HACK</text>
<action>EXEC mplayer -fs -zoom -quiet -vo xv /dev/scd0</action>
</button>

Obviously, its just a data DVD with a .mpg file on it and won't play in a normal DVD player but it does play just fine in the knoppmyth box and frees up space in the archive.




Here is my /usr/share/mythtv/knoppmyth.xml file:

<mythmenu name="KnoppMyth">

<button>
<type>Backup</type>
<text>Backup KnoppMyth</text>
<action>EXEC sudo /usr/local/bin/mythbackup</action>
</button>

<button>
<type>Restore</type>
<text>Restore KnoppMyth</text>
<action>EXEC sudo /usr/local/bin/mythrestore</action>
</button>

<button>
<type>Start Motion</type>
<text>Start Motion</text>
<action>EXEC sh /usr/local/bin/start_motion.sh</action>
</button>

<button>
<type>Stop Motion</type>
<text>Stop Motion</text>
<action>EXEC sh /usr/local/bin/stop_motion.sh</action>
</button>

<button>
<type>MPEG4 CD</type>
<text>MPEG4 CD</text>
<action>EXEC sh /usr/local/bin/divx.sh</action>
</button>

<button>
<type>MPEG2 DVD HACK</type>
<text>MPEG2 DVD HACK</text>
<action>EXEC mplayer -fs -zoom -quiet -vo xv /dev/scd0</action>
</button>

<button>
<type>Halt </type>
<text>Halt </text>
<action>EXEC /usr/bin/sudo halt</action>
</button>
<button>

<type>Reboot </type>
<text>Reboot </text>
<action>EXEC /usr/bin/sudo reboot</action>
</button>

</mythmenu>

Just burn the disk, pop in KnoppMyth box, press the button and go!

I use a marker to write the name of the show on the outside of the disk to remember whats on it.

What could be easier?

Andrew Lynch
Author:  tjc [ Tue Dec 28, 2004 10:18 pm ]
Post subject: 
How do you get around the filesize limit? An ISO filesystem doesn't handle the big files i.e. > 2Gb ...
Author:  lynchaj [ Wed Dec 29, 2004 5:38 am ]
Post subject: 
Easy CD 5 writes DVDs with files larger than 4 GB with the UDF format. Its handled automatically.

Andrew Lynch
Author:  ceenvee703 [ Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:32 am ]
Post subject: 
If you use samba to copy over the contents of /myth/pretty, you'll see that the mythlink.sh script is doing all the renaming of .nuv files for you.

If your /myth/pretty folder is empty, you need the MythPrettyFix detailed at the wiki:

http://knoppmythwiki.homelinux.org/inde ... hPrettyFix
Author:  lynchaj [ Wed Dec 29, 2004 4:46 pm ]
Post subject: 
Cool! Thanks!

Andrew Lynch

PS, KnoppMyth Rocks!
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