[mythtv-users] mythbackend -> iPod Touch

[Alan]

On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 02:57:34PM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Alan <alan at ufies.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 01:19:34PM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> >> My wife is asking whether she can watch Myth recordings from her new
> >> iPod Touch. As it runs Safari, among other things, I'm wondering if
> >> there is a way to talk to the backend through a browser for the
> >> purposes of choosing and watching an existing recording? I don't care
> >> at all about programming Myth from this interface at this time. Maybe
> >> later.
> >>
> >> The backend is on Gentoo if it matters.
> >
> > Maybe I'm missing the point or maybe the other replies had this (I
> > didn't see it) but isn't there a 'trancode to ipod' in the mythtv that
> > you can then just point itunes to your mythtv IP and then it'll show up
> > in itunes as a video podcast, updated when mythtv records.
> >
> > I belive the URL is http://[mythtv ip]/ipodfeed/feed.php
> >
> > Course, this may need an extra module installed to have it all
> > available.  Works great though.
> >
> > Alan
> >
> 
> Alan,
>    Actually, asking about transcoding is why I came back to the PC to
> write another question. I have no disk space issues so I'm happy to
> transcode everything if it can be an automatic setting. I've never
> used transcoding so I don't know how to set it up for the iPod format.
> Can Myth transcode every recording to the iPod format so it's all
> ready to go when she shows up?
> 
>    I think your URL above makes sense if I have something installed
> that uses Apache, right? Is that mythweb which I jsut installed but
> haven't tried to configure yet.

Hey Mark.  I used knoppmyth so a lot of stuff was automatically setup
for me.  It does use apache though mythweb is a separate directory from
the document root.  

I'm not sure what package / plugin it comes from but I'm sure some googling 
for mythtv + ipodfeed will get you what you need.

-- 
Alan <alan at ufies.org> - http://arcterex.net
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