After some editing of the Perl scripts, I am now successfully converting MythTV files into iPod playable .mov files. Originally, I missed the need to add the iPod.pm plugin to nuvexport, as referenced by Steff on 16Nov05:

> There is a .pm file (its like a plugin) for the iPod format for nuvexport at
> https://svn.forevermore.net/nuvexport/ticket/56 right now which works
> really well. (probably this will be standard in nuvexport in the future)
> It adds an iPod export option to nuvexport, and Ive been investigating a
> bit on how to run nuvexport non-interactively using this config.

After adding the file, some edits were required to nuvexport to load and use the new file (a patch file was submitted to explain this).

I now have two remaining issues:
1) I only have sound on one channel - in one ear using headphones. I see that the default for ffmpeg in -ac=1 (one audio channel), but apparently this doesn't mean mono. Do I need to set this to two?

2) I am not able to transfer movies to my iPod yet using Linux. Is anyone doing this, and are there applications or techniques to recommend? Subscribing to my own "podcasts" doesn't eliminate the need to run iTunes, which requires two reboots. (BTW, my computer is my MythTV box).

Thangs again for all of the helpful suggestions contained in the many posts and scripts provided by this group.