On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 05:34:37 -0500 (EST), Cory Papenfuss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> In the meantime, I completely agree with Brad. A simple, data DVD > >> burning feature should be relatively easy to add, and would be very > >> nice. > > > > Thanks, Lane. Does anyone else think that archiving to a data-dvd is a > > logical first-step? > > > I think it's a logical step in another direction. A way to read > non-databased videos... like the .sql/.nuv export of nuvexport *without* > re-inserting it into the database would be necessary first. Then, a > data-dvd with a .sql stub and .nuv file could be interpretted by Myth as a > "video DVD." > > I still think the first step in DVD-friendly archiving is getting > on-machine MPEG2 archiving working (*WITH* cut commercials in lossless and > ultimately transcoded methods).
I think that the two goals are separate and complementary, and can be pursued independently. The goal of creating true video DVDs from Myth does, as you say, require successful and consistent MPEG2 commercial cutting. Finding a good solution to that problem is important. At the same time, it would be worthwhile to create a method within Myth to burn data DVDs of shows and then watch the shows archived on those data DVDs from within Myth (without requiring them to be imported). This goal is basic and there are currently no technical barriers to its being achievable. I don't know a lot about Myth's database setup, but I would think it should be possible for a module or extension to the Watch Recordings to read a .sql file from a data DVD to get the cutlist of a show on the DVD. Lane -- Meetup with other Myth users! http://mythtv.info/moin.cgi/MUG
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