[mythtv-users] MythArchive has been added to svn - Please test

[James Armstrong]

Cory Papenfuss wrote:
>  	Sorry folks... I'm jumping into this thread a bit late.
>
>  	Looking through the wiki, it looks like the module has two main 
> purposes:
> - Export settop-playable DVD
> - Archive recording with metadata for re-import later.
>
>  	A few questions:
> - Does it seem possible to include the metadata in a settop-playable DVD 
> in a location that is harmless to the DVD spec?  It would be nice to sorta 
> "combine the two" archive vs. export for a single backup without losing 
> the metadata from a mythbox. 
>   
I would think this would be possible. Are there DVD's that have a data 
track for playing extra stuff on PC's / MAC's?
I would think a file created outside of the VIDEO_TS directory would be 
ignored and could be read as data by a computer.

- James
> - Will a re-import be required to use the archive in a mythbox or would it 
> be playable right off the disc?  The latter would be ideal of course.
>
>  	The ability to offload a DVD's worth of programming to a 
> general-purpose disc that will work in a settop-player OR be played from a 
> mythbox that can read the metadata doesn't seem like it would be that much 
> of a stretch.  It would definately be slick.
>
> -Cory
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