Greg Burke wrote:
I've just got my mythtvbox up and running but i have a problem with it.
i'm using a a wintv pvr 350 card which seems to working fine because i
can watch my old videotapes and satellite tv through it but i can't
record from s-video composite or tuner. when i press "r" while
watching it just says "record" at the top of the screen but nothing
actually records.
MythTV is a PVR that records programs based on guide listings.
Therefore, the "R" key simply requests recording of the current
program. If you don't have any guide data, there is no current program,
so it doesn't do anything.
SVN has something of an "instant timer record" feature where pressing
"R" when there is no program info will start recording for 60 minutes
and then you can adjust the end time as desired. However, you're better
off doing it correctly--using a Manual Recording rule.
See http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/commits/153279#153279
My main reason for building this machine was to record from an
external vcr and satellite receiver so i haven't downloaded any xmltv
channels lists.
So, why not just:
dd if=/dev/video0 of=~/BabysFirstBirthday.mpg bs=64k
for the VCR. Myth really isn't providing any benefit here--may actually
be making things much harder. The satellite, on the other hand, should
be set up with guide data and an appropriate control mechanism (i.e. IR
blaster/serial link--see the archives
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/ ).
Mike
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