A Linux only solution would be to use Kino do capture and edit, and Avidemux to convert. For the truly adventurous, there is Cinelerra, a very full featured Linux video editor/compositor.
-- John Sturgeon <>< http://www.sturgeonfamily.com/mythtv.php On 5/24/05, Kevin Kuphal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: > > >Hi, > > I've been at my parents house for a few days getting a MythTV > >installation setup. It's all wokring and my folks are pretty happy. > >However no good ded goes unpunished. My dad is now asking for a way to > >capture his videos and be able to watch them in MythTV. As I've only > >got one more day here before I travel home I'm looking for some ideas. > > > >1) The mythbackend machine has a PVR-150 so it has a (yet untested) > >S-video input. Does this input work on the PVR-150/250/250? > > > >2) The machine also has 1394 and USB inputs. I understand people are > >capturing HD over 1394 for that should work if there's a good capture > >device that can go outside the PC. > > > >3) My folks have 3 VCR's but none have S-video outputs. > > > > Would I be better off to suggest he buys a new VCR with an S-Video > >output and then record that via the input on the PVR? Or is there some > >USB or 1394 solution that is known to work well under Linux and > >MythTV. > > > > Hi goal is to get the video onto the same /TVstorage partition > >we're using for Myth recordings and also eventually be able to author > >a DVD for the family with some of this stuff. He interviewed a number > >of my relatives 20-30 years ago and wants to save these conversations > >as part of a family tree project. > > > > > I have found it is far easier to use a Windows based solution and then > move the files to the Mythbox using WinSCP than it is to get any kind of > Linux based capture to work. I use the AV passthrough feature of my > camcorder to capture firewire output from it (with VCR passing through) > and then use VirtualDub to convert to Divx AVI files. The source image > is as good as it can get (DV) and the resulting files are played back > perfectly with Myth. > > Kevin > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
