[mythtv-users] Convert for iPad in 0.25 - how do you watch?

Christopher Kerr mythtv at theseekerr.com
Sun Apr 15 09:01:05 UTC 2012


On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 5:57 PM, Simon Hobson <linux at thehobsons.co.uk>wrote:

> adrinux wrote:
>
>   > http://www.gossamer-threads.**com/lists/mythtv/users/513468#**513468<http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/513468#513468> ??
>>
>> *That* I have come across, but app not released yet afaik.
>>
>
> Not only that, but that's for streaming.
>
> If you want to watch offline (which is the only time I'm interested in
> watching video on a postage stamp) then you need to copy the files to your
> iPad. AFAIK, the only "approved" way is to copy them into iTunes and then
> sync your iDevice.
>
> So I have a user job to transcode to iPad format and leave the files in a
> share accessible to my Mac. I can then drag-n-drop them into iTunes and
> sync.
>
> Dunno about anything new in 0.25 though.


It's possible, with a little know-how, to turn a directory listing into an
RSS feed that iTunes can use as a Podcast. Makes the process a little more
automatic.

(Yes, iTunes needs to be able to access the files over http, but you were
running MythWeb anyway, surely?)

- Chris
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