Hi,
It seems that the problem is that MythTV is not doing a "direct recording" if there is no EPG information available.
What I have done now is adding an EPG entry for my VCR - and suddenly I could record directly from it.
The only problem is that I can not stop recording directly. I have to go out to the list of recordings and stop it from there.
- Here is my VCR.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE tv SYSTEM "xmltv.dtd">
<tv>
<channel id="VCR">
<display-name>VCR</display-name>
</channel>
<programme start="20050121000000 +0000" stop="20150121235900 +0000" channel="VCR">
<title>VCR</title>
<category>Manual Recording</category>
</programme>
</tv>
- And this is how I added it mythfilldatabase --file 2 -1 VCR.xml
harald
Da Worm 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.
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