MythTV: optional dependencies for MythArchive

[John Pilkington]

The MythArchive plugin for MythTV can make DVDs from TV recordings.  I 
have used it for several years with the optional java-based ProjectX as 
a robust demultiplexer and m2vrequantiser as a shrink-to-fit utility.

It seems that m2vrequantiser is available as a package from rpmfusion, 
but that package is based on source code from 2003.  I do not know how 
much it is used but I have heard of problems with it.  I use use a 
version based on later code released by the same company which is 
available here:

https://launchpad.net/m2vrequantiser/

The download includes a README.txt, and in my experience it 'just 
works.'  I believe that, if rpmfusion is to offer a package, it should 
be based on this one.

I am not sure about redistributing ProjectX;  I understand that Ubuntu 
do so, but their version is at present too old to work properly with 
MythArchive.  The most recent GNU tarball is available as a download 
from the foot of this page:

http://project-x.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/project-x/Project-X/

Build with build.sh,
and I run the job with 'ionice -c3 java -jar ProjectX.jar  <options>'

John P