MythTV 0.22 Additional Software

Now the tv cards seem to work OK time to install all the extra bits I have gotten used to on the previous install of 0.21

Install and configure

video2ipod - Create podcast feeds straight into iTunes
mythrename.pl - Create a directory of sensibly named files for ease of access over the lan
mytharchive - Create DVD archives of video
remote control settings - So they match the way things worked on 0.22
remote power button -To allow the front end to be restarted

MythTV 0.22 Upgrade

Started playing with the new version of Mythbuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala,witch comes bundled with MythTV 0.22

I performed a clean install on a new hard disk from the CD, which went fairly easily, and then downloaded a bunch of updates.

Setup the tuner cards
downloaded and installed tv_grab_nz-py and setup with the required channels
setup a playback option for nvidia

Problems...

Video jumpy/skipping frames - seemed to be the fact that the correct frame sizes needed to be setup, the are found under
setup->tv settings->recording profiles->mpeg-2 encoders->default
and set to capture width and height to 768 x 576 for default and live tv

At the moment still switching between 0.21 and 0.22 till I am happy with the way that 0.22 is running, and all the other add-ons are back up and running.

MythTV - Convert Recordings to Podcast

I've been looking for an easy way to change recordings into something that will play nicely with iTunes and my iPod Touch.

After a little looking around I have settled on Video2ipod, available from http://wiki.1.jeffornot.com:8000/wiki/Video2ipod

It seems to work OK, but I have given it a few tweaks, will update when I get a chance the changes I made.