mytharchivehelper (1)

NAME

mytharchivehelper - MythTV Archive helper

DESCRIPTION

mytharchivehelper version: fixes/29 [v29-rc1-4-g696806310a] www.mythtv.org Misc. Options: -b OR --burndvd Burn a created DVD to a blank disc

Optional: --mediatype, --erasedvdrw, --nativeformat

--chanid Channel ID to use when inserting records in DB

Used with: --importarchive

-t OR --createthumbnail Create one or more thumbnails

Requires: --infile, --thumblist, --outfile

Optional: --framecount

--delay Delay in ms to add to subtitles (default 0)

Used with: --sup2dast

--erasedvdrw Force an erase of DVD-R/W Media

Used with: --burndvd (optional)

--framecount Number of frames to grab (default 1)

Used with: --createthumbnail

-p OR --getdbparameters Write the mysql database parameters to outfile

Requires: --outfile

-i OR --getfileinfo Write file info about infile to outfile

Requires: --infile, --outfile, --method

--ifofile Filename of ifo file

Used with: --sup2dast

-f OR --importarchive Import an archived file

Requires: --infile, --chanid

--infile Input file name

Used with: --createthumbnail, --getfileinfo,

--isremote, --sup2dast, --importarchive

-r OR --isremote Check if infile is on a remote filesystem

Requires: --infile

Returns: 0 on error or file not found

- 1 file is on a local filesystem

- 2 file is on a remote filesystem

--mediatype Type of media to burn

Used with: --burndvd

0 = single layer DVD (default) 1 = dual layer DVD 2 = rewritable DVD

--method Method of file duration calculation

Used with: --getfileinfo

0 = use av_estimate_timings() (quick but not very

accurate - default)

1 = read all frames (most accurate but slow) 2 = use position map in DB (quick, only works for

MythTV recordings)

-n OR --nativearchive Archive files to a native archive format

Requires: --outfile

--nativeformat Archive is a native archive format

Used with: --burndvd (optional)

--outfile Output file name

Used with: --createthumbnail, --getfileinfo,

--getdbparameters, --nativearchive When used with --createthumbnail: eg 'thumb%1-%2.jpg'

%1 will be replaced with the no. of the thumb

%2 will be replaced with the frame no.

-h OR --help OR --usage Display this help printout, or give detailed

information of selected option.

--version Display version information. -s OR --sup2dast Convert projectX subtitles to DVD subtitles

Requires: --infile, --ifofile, --delay

--thumblist Comma-separated list of required thumbs (in seconds)

Used with: --createthumbnail

Logging Options: --enable-dblog Enable logging to database. --loglevel Set the logging level. All log messages at lower

levels will be discarded.

In descending order: emerg, alert, crit, err, warning, notice, info, debug defaults to info

--logpath Writes logging messages to a file in the directory

logpath with filenames in the format:

applicationName.date.pid.log. This is typically used in combination with --daemon, and if used in combination with --pidfile, this can be used with log rotators, using the HUP call to inform MythTV to reload the file

-q OR --quiet Don't log to the console (-q). Don't log anywhere

(-q -q)

--syslog Set the syslog logging facility.

Set to "none" to disable, defaults to none.

-v OR --verbose Specify log filtering. Use '-v help' for level info.