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.
> 
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