[mythtv-users] Archiving TV shows to DVD

[Joe Barnhart]

--- M S <skd5aner at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,  I know this is has been asked before, but I
> can't seem to find
> the right answer.  I want an _easy_ solution to
> backup shows to DVDs,
> but I can't seem to find it.  I've tried the
> MythBurnDVD, but it
> produces some video glitches and doesn't do AC3
> sound.  I can't get
> nuv2disc to work because I can't get the
> dependencies to work.  I have
> 170GB available to save shows on, and only have 9GB
> left.  I'd really
> like to archive a majority of these to DVD.

You didn't state what your source of recordable
material.  What you start with makes a lot of
difference in which path you take.

I have had success recently in archiving shows from my
pcHDTV-2000 card onto ordinary DVDs.  To do this, the
material has to be transcoded from 1080i or 720p down
to 720x480 (the highest resolution supported by DVDs).

After searching for ways to do this directly under
Myth and Linux, the easiest way is to simply share the
/myth/tv content over the network and use NeroVision
Express (part of Nero 6) to transcode and burn the
DVD.  The time it takes is WAY too long, but at least
it understands the MPEG-TS format directly and
produces a DVD.

I'd still love to find a way to do this under Linux,
but I keep running into walls.  I don't want a GUI
program, just a button press that burns a DVD.  (I
have no window manager on my Myth box -- it is purely
a set-top box.)


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