[mythtv-users] Best way to copy to windows and delete after recording?

[Stephen Worthington]

On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:15:27 -0500, you wrote:

>I'd like to setup a user job that renames the video (using the likes of
>mythlink) copies the video (.MPG...no conversion needed...does MythExport
>still exist in 0.26 and should I use that?) to a windows file share, and
>then deletes the video off the MythTV box...
>
>I don't want to reinvent the wheel if something like this already exists.
> Any suggestions?

Yes, mythexport exists and works in 0.26.  But I have never used it
from the command line so I have no idea if you can use it in a script.
It will also create a .sql file in the place you export the .mpg file
to.

Do you even need to move the .mpg file to the windows box?  That will
take quite a while, so you might be better off just pointing your
video player program on the Windows box at the file where it is stored
on the MythTV box and playing it directly from there.  So you could
just run mythlink on the MythTV box, then browse the directory it
creates from your Windows video player across your local network.

Note: When I went to the mythlink page:

  http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mythlink.pl

I noticed it does not list 0.26 as a supported version, so you might
need to do some fixes to get it to work.