Jesse Guardiani wrote:
Nick wrote:
On 8/19/05, Jesse Guardiani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello,
I have a PVR 350. Normally it's primary input is SVideo from my Dish
reciever. However, I'd like to record some of my old VHS tapes to
disk via the tuner input so I can throw away the old tapes and preserve
their quality over time.
I know I can switch inputs on the 350 via 'C', but what is the best way
to go about recording a 2 hr VHS tape? Is this even possible from the
LiveTV interface?
Ultimately, I'd like these recorded tapes to show up under the video
section, but my CPU is way underpowered right now and I can't
decode mpeg in real time using software mplayer, so it would be better
for them to show up in the TV section for now (this way Myth will
make use of the 350's hardware decoder). But I'll need to label them
somehow and preferably put them all under a specific category/show.
Any ideas?
You could setup a manual recording for the duration of the tape. I
would recommend using SVideo or composite to record from the tape
instead of the tuner as I've had better experiences of doing this.
Care to elaborate? I'm already using the svid input on my PVR 350, so
unless I degrade the
input quality by inserting an A/V switch, it makes the most sense to
just hard wire the VCR
to my tuner input. Was the quality bad for you, or was it more of a
pain to get working,
or what?
That way you are using the re-modulator of the VCR, which has the worst
quality signal of those it has available. Thats about all.
Rudy
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