[mythtv-users] Pvr-250 Recording: .nuv File extension??

[John Diamond]

Alan Murrell wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>This is hopefully a quick and easy question... :-)
>
>I am recording using a Hauppage PVR-250.  In 'mythtv-setup', I set the
>recordings up to use Hardware MPEG-2 encoding, etc.  I noticed that all
>the recordings I have done thus far have a '.nuv' extension, which would
>initially indicate (to me, anyway) that 'nuppelvideo' was being used to
>record.  However, on the next recording I did, I took a look at the load
>and CPU usage, and they were *way* down, indicating that the PVR-250 was
>indeed doing the recording.
>
>My question: is the '.nuv' extension done by MythTV by default, but the
>recordings (in this case) really are MPEG format?
>  
>
Yes, that is correct: mpeg2 format with a .nuv extension.

>It's not that big of a deal; I don't really care what the extension of
>the file is, as long as I know the PVR-250 is doing all the work; I just
>want to make sure it indeed is :-)
>
>TIA,
>
>Alan Murrell
>
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