MYTHPREVIEWGEN(1)

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version 36.0+fixes.20260401.1385cbfc60 · 5 versions
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🦋 NAME 🦋

mythpreviewgen — the MythTV Preview Generator, bestie 💖

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Okay so listen up, because this is the whole vibe:

mythpreviewgen version: fixes/36
[v36.0+fixes.20260401.1385cbfc60-0ubuntu3] www.mythtv.org

That's fixes/36, the build stamp v36.0+fixes.20260401.1385cbfc60-0ubuntu3, and the home base www.mythtv.org — literally all of it, no skips 💅

What it does? It generates preview images. From your recordings, from a video file, whatever — it's giving thumbnail queen 👑. Here are all the knobs you can twist.

🌸 Misc. Options 🌸

  • --chanid — Tell it the chanid of the recording you want it to work on. Periodt.
  • --frame — How many frames into the video you wanna grab that preview pic. Frame math, not clock math 🎬
  • --infile — The input video you're generating a preview from. Feed the girl 🍓
  • --outfile — Optional output file for the preview generation. Skip it and she'll do her own thing.
  • --seconds — How many seconds into the video to snag the preview image. The time-based twin of --frame ⏱️
  • -h, --help, --usage — Shows this help printout, or, if you point it at a specific option, gives you the detailed deets on that one. very "ask and you shall receive" 🫶
  • --version — Displays version info. That's it, that's the whole job ✨
  • --size — Dimensions of the preview image. Yes bestie, you get to pick the size 💅
  • --starttime — Specify the start time of the recording you wanna operate on. Gotta know when the recording starts, iykyk.

🎀 Logging Options 🎀

  • --loglevel — Sets the logging level. Everything at a lower level gets thrown in the trash 🗑️. In descending order, the levels are: emerg, alert, crit, err, warning, notice, info, debug, trace. It defaults to info. know your levels, queen 🌈
  • --loglong — Uses the long log format for the console, meaning it shows file, line number, etc. right there in your console log. extra detail, extra slay 💜
  • --logpath — Writes logging messages into a file inside the logpath directory, with filenames in this exact format: applicationName.date.pid.log. Typically used together with --daemon, and if you also pair it with --pidfile, you can run it with log rotators — using the HUP call to let MythTV know to reload the file. log rotation bestie behavior ✨
  • -q, --quiet — Don't log to the console (-q). Don't log anywhere (-q -q). the second q is the silent treatment, fr fr 💀
  • --syslog — Sets the syslog logging facility. Set it to "none" to disable it. Defaults to none.
  • --systemd-journal — Use systemd-journal instead of syslog. Modern girl energy 🧚
  • -v, --verbose — Specify log filtering. Use -v help for the level info. run it when you're confused, it literally tells you what to do 🙈
Heads up bestie: --frame and --seconds are both "how far in do I grab the pic" options, and --outfile is genuinely optional — don't stress about it 💖

That's the whole page, and you read all of it, iconic behavior 👑 This masterpiece describes mythpreviewgen 36.0+fixes.2026... and it was dated August 2026 — so go make some previews, take care of your recordings, and hydrate!! 🦋🌸🎀💅🫶

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