[mythtv-users] RE: PVR-350 mpeg2 --> DVD burning. No commercial cutting or fancy stuff.

[Volckaert, Jeff]

I use the Ulead DVD Moviefactory that came with the PVR-250
card.  This is done under windows of course via a mapped
network drive.

First you have to record under MythTv at a DVD compliant
format... I use 720x480 res and 4M bitrate.  I then make a
symbolic link to the file with .mpg on the end instead of
.nuv (so Ulead will see it).  Then I just add it to a
project as I did before I used MythTv.  The only difference
from using the PVR card/Ulead under windows is the NUV on
the end.

It would be nice if extension was a setup option in Mythtv
so I wouldn't have to the symbolic link (or automatic mpg
extension when using a hardware encoder).  I also wish the
program title and/or description was somewhere in the
filename.  Those two changes would make burning DVDs under
windows a piece of cake for me.

BTW, go DVD if at all possible $$$ wise and skip the
VCD/SVCD stuff... MUCH better quality with DVD.

Jeff



> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 10:25:23 -0600
> From: "Malcolm" <mythtv at lds.dyndns.org>
> Subject: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 mpeg2 --> DVD burning. No
> commercial
> 	cutting	or fancy stuff.
> To: <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Message-ID: <064301c4084e$9f163300$ca73f2d1 at malcolm>
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> 
> Hi,
> 
> Can someone tell me how to burn one of the .nuv Myth
> recordings made from a
> PVR-350 to DVD or even SVCD.  I've been trying for so
> long and trying so
> many things I'm at the point where I don't even care
> about commercial
> cutting or any fancy editing.  I just want the recording
> burnt.  On Linux.
> 
> I've read stuff in the archives about mux or mulitplexing
> or something to
> that nature which is supposed to be IO based and strip
> the audio and video
> of an hour recording in about 10 and you can burn to DVD.
>  I just don't know
> how.
> 
> I also spent a lot of time trying stuff I found on
> www.dvdrhelp.com but
> haven't really got anywhere.
> 
> How about just making an SVCD from one of the .nuv files?
>  Easy?
> 
> Thanks guys
> Malcolm