I’ve been fooling around with a homebuilt DVR – a MythTV box. It’s very cool and I’ve discussed it ad nauseum over the past few days.
It is based on Linux (aka – the Penguin), a free operating system. Most likely, the computer you’re using now is running some flavor of Windows. That too is an operating system.
Anyway, I love this little DVR. There are amazing tricks it can do that my current cable company DVR can’t. But, there’s one thing it doesn’t do – and that’s about to drive me nuts.
I want this thing to stream video to me anywhere I am, over the Internet. Every bit of that functionality is set, but one. I can’t convert the video files it produces to something usable in the outside world.
I consider myself pretty savvy, but this is the first time I’ve ever seen a “nuv” video file. I should be able to convert it to and flv file (Flash video)… well, should and can are two entirely different things.
I spent much of last night… and the night before, sitting in front of the computer, trying to coax this conversion.
I have posted on bulletin boards and mailing lists – even sent email to strangers I thought might help. Nothing!
So, the Penguin and I are currently on the outs. If he doesn’t make me happy soon, I’ll pour water on him. That’ll show him who’s boss… because currently, it’s not me.
Sounds like what you’re looking for is a Slingbox.
Probably. But this is more fun. I find building it myself to be incredibly frutrating and rewarding – all at once!
Geoff,
Have you tried “nuvexport”? Check out this link, maybe it will help.
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/mythtvnz/184202
I’ll keep looking to see what else I can find out.
nuvexport provides a user interface. I need something command line oriented, like ffmpeg, which can be addressed from other programs.
Thanks for the try.
Well, I can’t say I’ve tried this, since I don’t have any .nuv videos to try it on..
But as long as you have the codecs for NUV and for whatever output format you want, you should be able to use “convert” from imagemagick
as simple as
convert file.nuv file.flv
again, I havent tried it, so it’s just a thought to pursue.