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How do I export recordings in Mythbuntu?

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I would like to copy all recordings of a certain show to a folder so I can transfer them to another computer and watch them "offline". MythTV stores all recordings in a single folder in files titled "2609_20111111093000.nuv" which makes finding all the episodes I want a daunting task.

I tried using MythArchive but it seemingly oriented at burning files to DVDs. In addition, my MythTV crashes when I try to use MythArchive.

I'm not particularly concerned with converting/recompressing files, just copying them would be enough.

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answered 3 Years ago mance · Accepted Answer

Here's a solution I found, and it's nearly perfect:

there's a standard MythTV script called mythlink.pl, which is able to create human-readable links to all recording files:
```
mythlink.pl --link /mnt/pretty --format '%T/%T%-%S'
```

after the script created the links, I can use cp --dereference or, even better, Midnight Commander, to copy any files I want wherever I want with nice human-readable names.