[mythtv-users] MythTV .nuv files

[Jason Hunt]

Great, thanks for your help!

> From: Nelson Butterworth <red_five at charter.net>
> Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 23:51:29 -0500
> To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV .nuv files
> 
> Jason Hunt wrote:
> 
>> Greetings,
>> 
>> Ok, this is probably a stupid question, but I am a total newbie to MythTV.
>> 
>> Anyway, I just recorded my first program with my PVR-350!  I noticed during
>> this recording, my processor NEVER went over .9% CPU recording at 720x480 on
>> a p3 1ghz.  Man, I thought it would take a bigger hit than that.
>> 
>> Anyway, I haven't played it yet, so I can't tell how it looks yet.  My
>> questions is about this .nuv file it creates.  Is there a way to get MythTV
>> to convert this to .mpg after it is done?  Or is there an option to record
>> as a .mpg instead of a .nuv.  Any help clearing this up would be
>> appreciated.  Thanks guys
>> 
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> No need. The PVR-350 encodes the video straight to MPEG-2 in hardware,
> so the only thing that your CPU has to do is essentially a file transfer
> from the card's memory to disk. File storage is rather low-overhead, so
> very little CPU use.
> 
> The .nuv file is actually an MPEG-2 file, but MythTV still saves it at a
> .nuv file, so no conversion is required, even if you want to burn to DVD
> or (S)VCD. You can even watch the files in Windows; just tell Windows
> that .nuv files should be opened by your viewer of choice, and you
> shouldn't have a problem. The viewer will usually be able to tell that
> it's an MPEG data stream regardless of the extension.
> 
> Nelson
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