[mythtv-users] Capturing legacy VHS tapes

[Bob]

Manuel Lemos wrote:
> on 10/19/2005 01:14 AM Bob said the following:
>>> At last I managed to make Plextor ConvertX M402U to work under SuSE 
>>> Linux 9.3 and MythTV to see the input video.
>>
>> Conga rats

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>>> I bought this capture device, not to record scheduled shows, but 
>>> rather to convert legacy VHS tape recordings to DVD. 
>>
>> I thought the ConvertX devices captured into MPEG4 format? How are you 
>> planning to transcode recordings into MPEG2 for the DVD?
> 
> They capture MPEG2 too, 

Ahh, I didn't know that, I'm considering getting one as they're quite 
versatile.

> The problem is that the record program that comes with the Linux drivers 
>  is a command line utility that you need to tell it how long your 
> recording will last.
> 
> I can watch live captured video with MythTV. I was hoping that it could 
> be used to start and stop immediate recordings any time, thus without 
> having to schedule them. Is it possible now? Any ideas?

I'd suggest you start a recording 20 minutes or so longer than you need 
and then edit the recording to cut out the unnecessary bits.

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