[mythtv-users] Recording input from a Camcorder

[Sebastian Buks]

First off, if you really have a digital cam I see no point in doing  
this via an analogue link. I guess your cam comes with some sort of a  
connection (USB, Firewire).

Anyway, if you still persist on doing this with your PVR-500 this can  
easily be done without MythTV. Just make sure you got the v4l2-ctl  
package installed, plug in your cam into composite. Set the PVR-500 to  
use the composite input, 'v4l2-ctl -i 2 -d /dev/video0'. If cam corder  
is up an running signal strength on the 2:nd devide (composite) should  
be 100% ('v4l2-ctl -T -i 2'). Then do the same with audio. Finally  
just 'cat /dev/video0 > ~/anything.mpg'.

Hope that helps. But honestly, try just to transfer with USB or  
firewire first.

Seb



On Feb 17, 2008, at 12:03, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:

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> Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 23:43:37 -0800
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> Subject: [mythtv-users] Recording input from a Camcorder
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> I have a Hauppage PVR 500 card and I would like to take a recording  
> from a Digital Video Camera into my Linux system.  Is this something  
> that myth can deal with through the composite or svideo inputs?  Any  
> help in the right direction would be appreciated.  I look at the  
> myth configuration but it seems very TV orientedl