Hi, This is indeed probably the simplest solution I've heard of yet. I had to leave my parents place and travel home. We did not manage to get any of the S-video/composite video solutions working before I left. This is one my dad can probably handle on his own.
The only downside I can think of is it requires the power on the VCR to be in the off position or the turner used will be the VCR's and not the PVR-150's. If someone copies a tape and then forgets to turn the power off programs will be missed. I think that's a very managable risk. Thanks for the simple idea. Cheers, Mark On 5/24/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wouldn't the simple solution be: > > 1) Run the cable/satellite connection into the VCR's TV-INPUT. > 2) Split the VCR's output: 1 - To TV, 2 - To Mythtv box. > > Then, the input will come from the cable/satellite (if you have > analog > cable, and you are using the capture card tuner, as long as the VCR > is > off and passing the signal though. When it is desired to capture the > output of a tape, you set the mythbox to manually record channel 3 > for > the duration of the tape. > > This works for me, with a cable tv setup and a VCR. > Hope I've understood the problem/explained this correctly (been a > long day). > > > > > 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. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
