Comments on: Mythexport

By: zepski

zepski — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:23:36 +0000

actuall i have come into a problem.

the files output are outputed like this:

%t.2.avi
%t.avi
%t – 06.avi
%t.3.avi

it seems that the %t variable doesnt work any suggestions??

By: zepski

zepski — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 08:18:07 +0000

I like the script once i got it to work took a little fiddling =) main problem was the same as Petri.

Only got one question or suggestion. Is there a way to get the current status of the transcoding outputed somewhere like mythtrans does on the status page?

By: Kyle Hill

Kyle Hill — Thu, 01 May 2008 06:17:43 +0000

Ooops… it looks like I have an out-of-date copy of my script sitting on my server, try downloading it now.

By: Kyle Hill

Kyle Hill — Thu, 01 May 2008 06:16:38 +0000

That’s just bizarre. However, what is this error from?
/home/mythtv/mythexport2: 36: [[: not found
/home/mythtv/mythexport2: 57: [[: not found

If you look in my script, I don’t even use the chars ‘[[’.

Anyway, you shouldn’t have to remove the filename line from nuvexportrc. There may be a bug with Ubuntu’s MythTv,

However, I’d suspect nuvexport. It’s generally pretty buggy. Try getting the latest SVN or go back in revisions a few weeks.

I don’t actively maintain a MythTv setup anymore, so I can’t be of that much help. Sorry

I just hope that this little crappy script may be of help to some people.

By: darthanubis

darthanubis — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:39:13 +0000

No, I have not modified the script in anyway. I only renamed the script as Ubuntu has their own script called “mythexport” which is in the PATH. And yes, I am running the script from your .zip. I was able to get Nuvexport to write files with reading file names only by commenting out the filename line in ~.nuvexportrc. But when I try to run the script from the job line, I get a bogus filename again. The mythexport that comes with Ubuntu sucks, as it does not pay attention to the cutlist like Nuvexport. Thats why this is so frustrating that I can’t get proper filenames.

By: Kyle Hill

Kyle Hill — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:15:08 +0000

I just write mythexport %FILE% %TITLE% to the end on my joblist for MythTv configuration.

Have you modified the script at all? I see two errors in your output relating to the use of [[.

Finally, are you using the script from the .zip file?

By: darthanubis

darthanubis — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:15:27 +0000

Thanks so much! I figured you were busy. I really appreciate it.

By: Kyle Hill

Kyle Hill — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:28:59 +0000

I’ll give you some help in a bit. I’m pretty busy right now.

By: darthanubis

darthanubis — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:46:17 +0000

2008-04-26 13:37:20.754 JobQueue: Started “Nuvexport Mythexport Script” for “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” recorded from channel 1060 at Wed Apr 16 18:00:00 2008
2008-04-26 13:37:20.767 jobqueue: Job “Nuvexport Mythexport Script” Started: Started “Nuvexport Mythexport Script” for “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” recorded from channel 1060 at Wed Apr 16 18:00:00 2008
/home/mythtv/mythexport2: 36: [[: not found
/home/mythtv/mythexport2: 57: [[: not found
ERROR: Unable to open file /home/mythtv/.mythtv1060_20080416180000.mpg
2008-04-26 13:37:20.815 JobQueue: Finished “Nuvexport Mythexport Script” for “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” recorded from channel 1060 at Wed Apr 16 18:00:00 2008.
2008-04-26 13:37:20.834 jobqueue: Job “Nuvexport Mythexport Script” Finished: Finished “Nuvexport Mythexport Script” for “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” recorded from channel 1060 at Wed Apr 16 18:00:00 2008.

By: darthanubis

darthanubis — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:07:10 +0000

Could you provide a job line example of how you call your script. I just can’t seem to construct a working job line.

/usr/bin/nuvexport-xvid –ffmpeg –quantisation 4 –a_bitrate 128 –v_bitrate 4000 –nice 10 –input=”%FILE%”

When I would use a job line like this to call nuvexport, it’d go to my export directory following my ~.nuvexportrc, but would not give me any kind of file name, only %t_%s.avi.

Today I got a human readable format using the above line, but the file exports to “/” and not my export directory. So, I’m lost and embarrassed to admit my ignorance in public like this.