[mythtv-users] NuppelVideo container format

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Tom Lichti wrote:

> Felix Rubinstein wrote:
>
>> Guys, thanks for such a prompt reply!
>>  
>> But I think you miss the point.
>> Those of you who read the last issue of Linux journal, the "Advanced 
>> MythTV Video Processing" article must note, I citate:
>> "Although digital TV recordings are an MPEG-2 video stream, the 
>> NuppelVideo container format used by MythTV is specific to MythTV and 
>> is not supported by most video player software. To watch the videos 
>> with anything other than a MythTV front end, you must convert them to 
>> a format with a wider selection of players."
>
> Just because it is in a magazine doesn't make it right. If you rename 
> a .nuv file to .mpg, it will play in most video players, from my 
> experience.
>

You don't even need to rename it.  Under linux, I just told KDE the .nuv 
files were mpeg files, and now if I double click on an nuv file, it 
launches xine and plays it !

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