Although I do not know the full specifics of the file format, MythTV does not really use NuppelVideo: - For MPEG-2 recordings (i.e. PVR-x50), it uses MPEG-2 - For non-MPEG-2 recordings (i.e. BT8x8 cards), it uses a modified NuppelVideo format, of which I don't know the details. (I don't know about the MythTV MPEG-4 recordings, because I never examined them.)
Both of these files have a ".nuv" extension, regardless of the actual contents. Neither of these files contain the NuppelVideo that MPlayer is expecting. There was a patch for MPlayer (the 0.9.x series) that could be applied that would play the MythTV modified NuppelVideo files. I successfully used it when I was using a software capture card (I now have dual PVR-x50s). When the file was played without the patch, some frames played, but mostly there was green garbage all over them. -- Joe --- Robin Elvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 11 February 2005 18:55, Joseph A. Caputo > wrote: > > On Friday 11 February 2005 12:53, Robin Elvin > wrote: > > > > > > I have tried the current version of Mplayer on > both Windows and Linux > > and it plays nuv files fine. > > > > > > Sounds like you have a bad installation. > > > > No, it sounds like _you_ have a PVR-x50, M-179, > pcHDTVx000, Air2PC or > > DVB card. If you do, then your recordings are NOT > NuppelVideo, even > > though they have a ".nuv" extension; that's just > for Myth's > > convenience; the files are really standard MPEG-2. > > > > For anyone using software encoding, or transcoding > to Myth's MPEG-4 or > > RTjpeg format, there is no external player > software that can reliably > > play back Myth's Nuppel-container .nuv files. The > MPlayer patch has > > not been maintained since version > 0.90-pre-something-or-other. > > > > -JAC > > _______________________________________________ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > I do indeed have a DVB card. I stand humbly > corrected on the nuv format. But > the Nuppelvideo homepage states: > > <snip> > NEW! The best and coolest Linux video player MPlayer > (>=0.60) can play > NuppelVideo files! > </snip> > > So what does this mean? Are you saying the nuv > extension is used regardless of > the content? Under what circumtances does Myth > actually produce a real > Nuppelvideo file? (Sorry, I'm not being deliberately > dense on this) > > Slightly OT: So if they are MPEG2 can I speed up > making DVDs? nuvexport is > taking about 4 hours per show. > > Thanks > > -- > Rob > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
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