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Did I mention that I set up a MythTV machine several months ago? +Anyway, I don't use the MythTV front-end; A recording server in my +rack downstairs (spud) records scheduled programs. Afterwards, I +re-encode recorded episodes as DivX5-compatible MPEG4 files (in an +AVI wrapper) on a faster machine (picard, go ahead, laugh at the +hostname — you know you want to), then burn related shows off to +DVD.

+ +

I realize it's a slightly convoluted configuration, but it works +well given my hardware constraints, and the fact that my DVD player +(a Philips DVP642), is DivX5-aware. That said, I'm posting +my scripts on the off-chance that pieces of them are useful to someone +who wants to set up a similar system. Here's what's included in the +tarball below:

+ + + +

A typical session is as follows:

+ +
# (after running myth_convert.sh)
+# see what's encoded
+mi | less 
+
+mkdir dvd && cd dvd
+
+# create hard links to encoded episodes of that 70s show, the
+# colbert report, and the daily show, 
+mim 70s_ colbert daily_show
+
+# remove the original cryptically-named AVI files
+mimrm 70s_ colbert daily_show
+
+# create an iso of the AVI files in the current directory,
+mkisofs -r -R -J -o 70s-colbert-daily.iso *.avi
+
+# burn a DVD of the episodes in question
+sudo dvdrecord -dao -v -speed=8 dev=/dev/hdc 70s-colbert-daily.iso
+
+# remove the AVI and ISO files
+rm *.avi *.iso && cd .. && rmdir dvd
+
+ +

If you decide to use these scripts, please look through them and edit +the paths (most have my shared NFS paths hard-coded), and double-check +to make sure they won't do anything wacky with your systems. With that +in mind, here's the tarball:

+ +

Download pabs-mythtv_scripts-20060118.tar.gz +(Signature)

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