[mythtv-users] DV Recording via IEEE-1394 Firewire with MythTV

[Rich Shumaker]

Man.  I seem to get spanked for this question everywhere.
So two places I post up this basic question considering Myth just got 
IEEE-1394(firewire) support and in both places I get the same negative 
response.
"MythTV isn't for DV. Go away.  Use something else."
Wasn't Myth originally designed as a convergence box.
Aren't home movies and camcorder dumping for family movies a thing a 
"convergence" box would do?  Allowing you to create a DVD from your fun 
filled adventures in wonderland.
I know how to dump to the MythTV system via SVid and RCA audio.  But 
IEEE-1394 is a simple plug for both audio and video.  Also the quality 
remains the same, digital to digital.  It would be cool to dump from 
tape into Myth and let Myth do the rest.  Like transcode to Mpeg-2. 
Allow you to create a DVD.  Watch your fun filled adventures on multiple 
TV's around the house.

Oh and for people that like to experiment it would be cool to record 
multiple video streams in DV onto a single server for a front end editor 
to use.  Or for a front end viewer to look at.

I was going to ask if MythTV might include a video editor in the future. 
  Besides basic truncation of the file.  I think I should not ask it 
anymore considering how "well" this question was received.

So who wants to slap me next for asking a question that seems to make 
sense in the modern age.  I think I will just go to the corner for a 
while and think about the world.

So I can use MythTV to watch and record tv, listen to music, look at 
images, make DVD's, play games, watch and listen to streaming video and 
music, get news, check the weather, make phone calls, and play games BUT 
don't think about viewing DV or possibly editing it cuz that would be 
CRAZY talk.

Rich Shumaker


Byron Miller wrote:
> MythTV isn't for DV if you mean from a DV source such as a camcorder
> or other video format other than tv sources..  there are tons of great
> applications for linux to use with camcorder & video editing.
> 
> -byron
> 
> On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 15:04:07 -0500, Rich Shumaker
> <MythTV at richshumaker.com> wrote:
> 
>>Can MythTV record DV files using the IEEE-1394 port?
>>Would they be in NUV files and would they need to be transcoded?
>>If they are in NUV files is there a transcoder to DV?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Rich Shumaker
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