[mythtv-users] MythExport - iPod Touch / iPhone Settings

[Dave Pearson]

On 25/04/10 16:42, Greg Oliver wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Dave Pearson<lists at the-pearsons.co.uk>  wrote:
>    
>> On 25/04/10 14:10, Jim Chisholm wrote:
>>      
>>> Or just use AirVideo, there's a beta linux server that streams to and/or
>>> saves an iPod version of a video.
>>> Off topic, but worth mentioning.
>>> Jim
>>>
>>> On 2010-04-25, at 5:00 AM, Nicolas Will wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>>>> On Sun, 2010-04-25 at 17:54 +1000, Christopher Kerr wrote:
>>>>
>>>>          
>>>>> Personally, I think the handbrake iPod Touch preset is wrong - it
>>>>> should be 320 pixels high and lock the aspect ratio, not 480 pixels
>>>>> wide. Why does this matter? Well, for movies which are presented in
>>>>> 2.11:1, fixing the width leaves you with only 228 pixels of vertical
>>>>> resolution, wasting about a third of the screen. Fixing the height at
>>>>> 320 still allows you to view the content that way if you so desire
>>>>> (except slightly horizontally cropped, because the iPod Touch can't
>>>>> handle videos wider than 640 pixels), but also allows you to view it
>>>>> "zoomed in" without any stretching.
>>>>>
>>>>>            
>>>> Well, this is an acceptable point of view.
>>>>
>>>> On my side, I do not mind. I never zoom, so it doesn't bother me.
>>>>
>>>> Nothing stops you from creating your own custom preset with what you
>>>> want.
>>>>
>>>> I have one preset giving me higher resolution than the built-in screen,
>>>> as I regularly plug the iPhone into hotel room TVs.
>>>>
>>>> Nico
>>>>
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>> I've been using Air Video too and I think it is fantastic - I use it to
>> watch recorded programs over 3G and it works really well.
>>
>> I do find it a pain that I have to run the Air Video Server in a Windows
>> Virtual machine, so I would love to ty out the Beta version of the linux
>> server - where can I get it?
>>      
> 3rd post on this page:
>
> http://www.inmethod.com/forum/posts/list/60/34.page
>
> (You should read the whole thread though :)
>
> -Greg
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Excellent - thanks for the pointer. I downloaded and installed it with 
no problems at all and it seems to run just as well as the Windows 
version (in fact the Video lists seem to load up much quicker). It also 
works both on my home network and via 3G, so I've been able to shutdown 
the virtual machine.

Let's hope a non-beta version becomes available soon and that it is 
maintained to keep current with the new versions of the iPhone client 
software (I had a problem a while back when server and client were at 
different versions and the client would no longer work).

Regards,
Dave.