I HAD a working system a bit ago and archived some home videos using myth. Why not just do a manual recording?
--- Da Worm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can anyone reccommend the best way to get recordings > from a VCR into MythTV or MythVideo? I tried the > following, but no luck: > > 1. Create new video source, called it VCR, left the > data direct stuff blank, and hooked it to the > composite input on the PVR-250 in the Input > Connections screen > 2. Defined a custom channel, pointed it to the new > video source > 3. Went to Watch TV, selected the custom channel > 4. Pressed play on the VCR > 5. After FBI warning played on the tape, I pressed R > on the keyboard. OSD displayed something along the > lines of [Record ""]. > > Since there was no guide info to tell it what the > source is, or how long it would run, it apparently > decided there was nothing to record, so it didn't. > > While this might be a decent way to allow me to run > my other video sources (VHS VCR, Beta VCR - don't > laugh too hard, LaserDisc) into my MythTV box, it > doesn't appear to be well suited for archiving them. > > Is there a Myth method of doing this, or is there > another program I should install to simplify this > process. Just doing "cat /dev/video0 > > /video/mythvideo/movie.mpg" doesn't seem like the > best way to go (especially since you can't see what > you are doing). > > TIA, > Jeff. > > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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