[mythtv-users] VCR capture recommendation

[Marlon Buchanan]

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> From: Rob Owens <rowens at ptd.net>
>To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org 
>Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 8:19 AM
>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] VCR capture recommendation
> 
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>On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 02:38:05PM +0100, Alistair Grant wrote:
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> I'm looking to transfer some VCR tapes, and possibly capture the
>> analogue output of a satellite receiver, both in Australia (PAL-B) and
>> the Czech Republic (PAL-DK?).
>> 
>> What would you suggest as a capture device to work with MythTV?
>
>I've done this as a test using a PVR-150 to record NTSC VHS.  I just ran
>the RCA outputs of the VCR to the inputs of the PVR-150.  Then I ran:
>
>cat /dev/video > myfile.mpg
>
>and pressed play on the VCR.
>
>-Rob
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>
>


A few years back this is what I did to digitize my vhs tapes -- with a PVR-150. Worked out fine.