[mythtv-users] Using PVR-350 to record old VCR video

[Ben Kamen]

On 2012-05-23 5:36 PM, Ben Kamen wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I've long since removed my PVR-350 from the config of the system -- (ComCast no longer does "analog" ) but would like to transfer some old VCR tapes to .mpg format.
>
> I'm assuming once I pull the PVR-350 out of the config files, mythtv should no longer try to fuss with it.
>
> If that's the case, when I used mplayer to try and tune to CH:3 and copy the stream to disk, the commandline just sits at "Cache Fill" -- and I can't seem to (for the life of me) set the darn format using "normid=0" to NTSC.
>
> Is Myth still fighting with it?
>
> The execution line is:
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> mplayer -tv normid=0:input=0:device=/dev/video-pvr350:chanlist=us-bcast:channel=3 pvr://
>

oh, and before I forget, my VCR is on Channel:3 on the RF output... and I've verified this against an older LCD monitor from Samsung that's also a TV. (the video doesn't look awesome, but that's the age of the tape and the original crappy OTA setup)


  -Ben