[mythtv-users] Manual record/stop

Phill Edwards phill_edwards at hotmail.com
Tue Nov 30 02:53:41 UTC 2004


Pressing "R" on the keyboard (or appropriately configured remote control 
key) is supposed to toggle between record/stop recording when watching live 
TV. So if the video feed was coming in as the TV feed wouldn't that do it?

>From: Matthew Laird <myth at delirious.ca>
>Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>Subject: [mythtv-users] Manual record/stop
>Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 12:48:00 -0800 (PST)
>
>I have a question about Myth's abilities.... is there the an ability to
>start and stop recording on command?  I ask because I have a number of old
>VHS tapes I'd like to record over for DVD archiving.  However besides
>trying to hit record at the exact moment I've configured a manual
>recording session, I can't think of any way to make Myth do it.
>
>Though as I write this, considering I have a pvr-350, I suppose I could
>write directly from the /dev/video to an mpeg file.  But it there's a
>better way to do it I'm curious.
>
>Thanks.
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