[mythtv-users] Need help installing video capture card with no tuner.
Alen Edwards
allen.edwards at oldpaloalto.com
Sun Jul 6 02:23:34 UTC 2008
Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> On Jul 5, 2008, at 5:07 PM, Alen Edwards wrote:
>
>> Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>>> On Jul 5, 2008, at 3:41 PM, allen edwards wrote:
>>>
>>>> 2) Video source. I want to record a VCR output.
>>> Why are you using MythTV for this capture device if all you want to
>>> do
>>> is play back from a VCR and capture the output to a file?
>>> Surely cat /dev/video > video.mpg is a much simpler way to accomplish
>>> this.
>>>
>>> MythTV assumes you want to record, well.. TV. It's even in the
>>> name. :)
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>> Well, I lied. I actually want to record shows off my Dish Networks
>> STB.
>> However, I am going to set the channels manually (or with the timer
>> in
>> the Dish STB) so I though describing it as a VCR would get the point
>> across that there were no channels. I guess I was wrong.
>>
>> Maybe what you are saying is that one way or another Myth expects to
>> be
>> setting the channels and there is no video input setting. If that is
>> the
>> case, I would need to trick it some way.
>
>
> Even this way, typing cat /dev/video > video.mpg is way easier than
> what you're trying to accomplish. :)
Does that capture the video and sound?
>
> Or you could set it up the way it was meant to be set up. With a
> listing grabber for Dish network and an IR blaster to change the
> channel on the STB. :)
> Sometimes the answer is to do it right instead of trying to trick it.
I am beginning to think you are correct. I am really surprised. Even
an old VCR can capture a video input. I would think that would be a
basic item. I guess I am wrong.
One problem is I don't even know if this card will work and hate to get
a blaster and then decide it isn't going to work. I just thought since
I had the card I would try it out and see how well it works.
I guess I can do the cat approach to test the quality of the signal and
go from there if none of these other ideas I am getting work out.
Allen
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