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Sergey
Asked: 2011-12-09 02:27:10 +0800 CST

How do I export recordings in Mythbuntu?

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I would like to copy all recordings of a certain show to a folder so I can transfer them to another computer and watch them "offline". MythTV stores all recordings in a single folder in files titled "2609_20111111093000.nuv" which makes finding all the episodes I want a daunting task.

I tried using MythArchive but it seemingly oriented at burning files to DVDs. In addition, my MythTV crashes when I try to use MythArchive.

I'm not particularly concerned with converting/recompressing files, just copying them would be enough.

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4 Answers

  1. mythnuv2mkv allows you to convert any .nuv to other standard formats with the ability to look in imdb for titles and other information about the files.

    I have not personally used it but it sounds very easy to use and the necessary tools (other than the script) are available for Ubuntu:

    • mythtranscode - mythtv-transcode-utils (multiverse)
    • perl - perl (main)
    • mplayer - mplayer (multiverse or non-free(medibuntu))
    • mencoder - mencoder (multiverse or non-free(medibuntu))
    • wget - wget (main)
    • ImageMagick - imagemagick (main)
    • bc - bc (main)

    Give it a go and drop a comment if it does not do what you are looking for.

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  2. Best Answer

    Here's a solution I found, and it's nearly perfect:

    • there's a standard MythTV script called mythlink.pl, which is able to create human-readable links to all recording files:

      mythlink.pl --link /mnt/pretty --format '%T/%T%-%S'

    • after the script created the links, I can use cp --dereference or, even better, Midnight Commander, to copy any files I want wherever I want with nice human-readable names.

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  3. If you just need to show filenames in a human-readable format, without reconverting or copying them, you can get it and saving disk-space using the virtual filesystem MythVFS which can be installed via

    sudo apt-get install mythtvfs

    Just "mount" a virtual filesystem by configuring it in /etc/fstab and you'll see all your recording files with title, date, channel number or whatever you like in the filename.

    Here's an example on how I mount it via fstab:

    mythtvfs#/media/mythtv /media/VFS/mythtv fuse user,noauto,allow_other,uid=mythtv,gid=mythtv,host=localhost,format=%T-%S-(@%c-%s)_%f,date_format=%Y-%m-%d,datetime_format=%Y-%m-%d-h%H:%M 0 0

    where: /media/mythtv is my recording directory /media/VFS/mythtv is my MythTv VFS mountpoint mythtv is my MythTv's user (ad group) id

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  4. Have you looked at Mythexport?

    I am not sure if it is still being worked on, as I have had a few issues with it. But I believe it would be what you are looking for.

    With it you can schedule to have recordings transcoded to configurable encoding and it will move the export to a folder you configure. It also names the files to a human readable format.

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