Now, about the video backlog

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$ ./mythnettv --statistics Programs tracked: 385 Google EngEdu: 279 Scoble Show: 26 linux.conf.au 2007: 74 Programs still to download: 283 Google EngEdu: 202 Scoble Show: 8 linux.conf.au 2007: 73 Data transferred: 22 gb This is why I want to queue video, and then have it download to Myth a little at a time.

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MythNetTv Beta 3

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Beta 3 is out! It includes: Renamed to mythnettv todoremote bug fixed (bad column name) statistics bug fixed (no transfer stats caused crash) It is now possible to do a --todoremote, --importremote, or --importlocal and provide all the needed information on the command line Get it from here.

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Santa Monica

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I'm currently waiting as part of boarding group A for my South West flight to Santa Monica. I should be there by lunch. So, any last minute suggestions for things to do in Santa Monica apart from drink a lot?

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MythIPTV Beta 2

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Just announced. It was either do the washing, or this: Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 10:11:09 -0800 From: Michael Still To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: MythIPTV Beta 2 Hi again. There's a new version of MythIPTV now at http://www.stillhq.com/mythtv/mythiptv/source/beta-2/ This version adds the following: - subscription management: you can add RSS URLs to watch, list them, update them (download new versions of the XML and import the shows), and remove them - ad hoc video management: add a remote URL to the TODO list, download a remote URL and import it now, import a local file - transcoding: it's quite probable that you'll encounter a video format which isn't know. Please report it if you do - statistics: how many programs do I have? how many are waiting to download? how much data have I downloaded so far? - reporting: what shows would be downloaded next? what does the internal log say about the state of MythIPTV? Once again, this is a beta, so good backups are needed. I would love more feedback. Oh, and you _really_ need mplayer and mencoder installed now. Really. Cheers, Mikal

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MythIPTV Beta 2

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Just announced. It was either do the washing, or this: Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 10:11:09 -0800 From: Michael Still To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: MythIPTV Beta 2 Hi again. There's a new version of MythIPTV now at http://www.stillhq.com/mythtv/mythiptv/source/beta-2/ This version adds the following: - subscription management: you can add RSS URLs to watch, list them, update them (download new versions of the XML and import the shows), and remove them - ad hoc video management: add a remote URL to the TODO list, download a remote URL and import it now, import a local file - transcoding: it's quite probable that you'll encounter a video format which isn't know. Please report it if you do - statistics: how many programs do I have? how many are waiting to download? how much data have I downloaded so far? - reporting: what shows would be downloaded next? what does the internal log say about the state of MythIPTV? Once again, this is a beta, so good backups are needed. I would love more feedback. Oh, and you _really_ need mplayer and mencoder installed now. Really. Cheers, Mikal

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MythIpTV Beta 1

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Some folk at LCA expressed interest in my video blog aggregator for MythTV. I've cleaned it up, and just sent out the first release: Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 09:38:04 -0800 From: Michael Still To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: MythIpTv Beta 1 Hi. I've been recently wanting a video blog aggregator which integrates with MythTV. Specifically, I wanted the videos to appear as recordings. I've had a horrible script for that for a few months, but ended up cleaning it up when it occurred to me that Akimbo (http://www.akimbo.com) is just a per user RSS feed, and something a lot like MythTV. So, I wrote MythIpTv. It takes RSS feeds, imports the entries in the feed and builds a TODO list. It then downloads shows and imports them into the MythTV recordings menu. The code has only been tested by me, so if you're interested in giving it a try, please take good backups. You can find the code here: http://www.stillhq.com/mythtv/mythiptv/source/beta-1/mythiptv Before use, you need to make a temporary data directory in your current working directory: mkdir data You use mythiptv like this: ./mythiptv --url <url to RSS feed> <show title> or ./mythiptv --file <RSS file on local disk> <show…

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MythIpTV Beta 1

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Some folk at LCA expressed interest in my video blog aggregator for MythTV. I've cleaned it up, and just sent out the first release: Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 09:38:04 -0800 From: Michael Still To: Discussion about mythtv Subject: MythIpTv Beta 1 Hi. I've been recently wanting a video blog aggregator which integrates with MythTV. Specifically, I wanted the videos to appear as recordings. I've had a horrible script for that for a few months, but ended up cleaning it up when it occurred to me that Akimbo (http://www.akimbo.com) is just a per user RSS feed, and something a lot like MythTV. So, I wrote MythIpTv. It takes RSS feeds, imports the entries in the feed and builds a TODO list. It then downloads shows and imports them into the MythTV recordings menu. The code has only been tested by me, so if you're interested in giving it a try, please take good backups. You can find the code here: http://www.stillhq.com/mythtv/mythiptv/source/beta-1/mythiptv Before use, you need to make a temporary data directory in your current working directory: mkdir data You use mythiptv like this: ./mythiptv --url <url to RSS feed> <show title> or ./mythiptv --file <RSS file on local disk> <show…

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More bomb shelters!

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People who visit here (of which I assume there are none) will know that I occasionally rant about how cool bomb shelters are. Dad put me onto this excellent article about the Swiss: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/6347519.stm Under Swiss law, local governments are required to provide shelter spaces for everyone, and in the early 1970s Lucerne was short by several thousand. The new Sonnenberg motorway tunnel, just being built, seemed a neat solution: kit it out as a nuclear shelter as well and it could hold 20,000 people. ... The monstrous Sonnenberg shelter though, is being gradually dismantled. But not because it has finally been deemed unnecessary: no, no, the real problem is those 350 tonne blast doors. When they were tested, they would not shut. Yet another stop on my eventual bomb shelter tour of the world.

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