diff -r ba4a948c4a55 -r 4e623a4274a1 gmyth-stream/server/0.2/plugins/transcoders/mencoder.py
--- a/gmyth-stream/server/0.2/plugins/transcoders/mencoder.py	Tue May 15 23:25:17 2007 +0100
+++ b/gmyth-stream/server/0.2/plugins/transcoders/mencoder.py	Wed May 16 18:46:10 2007 +0100
@@ -36,9 +36,8 @@
         self.args["outfile"]  = params_first("outfile", "-")
 
         # input_opt
-        uri = params_first("uri", "file:-").split(":", 1)
-        self.args["type"]     = uri[0]
-        self.args["input"]    = uri[1]
+        self.args["type"]     = params_first("type", "file")
+        self.args["input"]    = params_first("uri", "-")
 
         # audio_opts
         self.args["acodec"]   = params_first("acodec", "mp2")
@@ -117,8 +116,16 @@
         self._arg_append(args, "2>%s" % os.devnull)
     # _setup_args()
 
+    def _setup_filename(self):
+        """This function setups the file to encode parsing the uri.
+        So, type can be:
+        * file
+        * dvd
+        * myth
 
-    def _setup_filename(self):
+        If the last one is detected we have to parse the uri to find args.
+        Then we store all the args inside a dictionary: self.args['gmyth-cat']
+        """
         _type = self.args["type"]
 
         if _type == "file":
@@ -132,11 +139,7 @@
             self.args["input"] = "dvd://".join(self.args["input"])
 
         elif _type == "myth":
-            # gmyth-cat -h 192.168.1.124 -p 6543 -c 111
-            # gmyth-cat -h 192.168.1.124 -p 6543 -f file.nuv
-            # myth://IP:PORT:type:file
-            self.args["gmyth-cat"] = self.args["input"].split(":")
-            self.args["input"] = "-"
+            self.args["gmyth-cat"] = mythtv._setup_mythfilename(self)
     # _setup_filename()