I know this probably isn't the best way, but maybe it'll help. What I did to record from VCR is just hit play on the VCR, cat'ed the device to an MPG until it was done and then hit Ctrl-C. Definately not intuitive, but it works.
Thanks, Kyle. On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 00:02:21 -0500, David Sattler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, trying a few things, googled for everything, thought I'd ask here: > > I'm trying to put some old videotapes onto Myth, so I figured I could just > put in the tape, press play, hit "C" to change to SVideo, and hit "R" for > record. > > I get the OSD saying " Record "" " and then fading out. Odd. Not sure if > it's recording. > > I tried adding a channel in MythSetup, which I called VCR, gave it a > callsign of VCR, and set the input to SVideo. It doesn't show up in my EPG, > even after a MythBackend restart. My reasoning was that I thought I'd be > able to go to the EPG, to channel VCR, hit "I" to schedule a recording now, > with type "High Quality". > > The goal: > > How do I put in a tape, switch to VCR, and make a new recording, using the > High Quality profile, which (even better) will allow me to play it back from > MythVideo and even edit the title? At the moment, I'm not even sure I'm > recording it in MythTV as I can't see it anywhere. > > Alternately (and *far* more intuitively), is there no way for MythVideo to > record from non-TV inputs? It would make sense that a video input shows up > here, not in MythTV. > > Anyone have any thoughts? I'm totally out of ideas. > > Cheers, > David. > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > >
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