[mythtv-users] getting mythvidexport 'upstream blessed'

[Raymond Wagner]

On 10/18/2012 15:17, Jeremy Jones wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Raymond Wagner
> <raymond at wagnerrp.com <mailto:raymond at wagnerrp.com>> wrote:
>> On 10/18/2012 12:14, Jeremy Jones wrote:
>>> Is there a updated version of mythvidexport.py script that works
>>> with .26?  I would like to get this setup as a userjob so that
>>> the wife and kids can save recordings they want to keep
>>> indefinitely by moving them to videos.
>>>
>>> I would be glad to help with a patch if it is not beyond my
>>> capabilities and if it would indeed help the dev that is working
>>> on this. Raymond: if you could get me started I would be glad to
>>> take a stab at something. (maybe a pointer tot he current code
>>> and a brief description of what your plans/thought and general
>>> issues with it are)
>>>
>> See if this version works.
>>
>> https://github.com/wagnerrp/mythtv-scripts/blob/master/python/mythvidexport.py
>>
> Thanks.  I'll check it out as soon as I can.  Just curious, why not
> post the revised copy on the wiki page?  Is still needing polish?  Or
> does it break older versions?

I had planned on rewriting the mythwikiscripts utility with an external
cache and proper versioning against the installed copy of MythTV, at
which point I wanted to have the old copies of those utilities available
for it to draw from, but I never got around to finishing it.