[mythtv-users] VCR capture recommendation

[Ronald Frazier]

On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Rob Owens <rowens at ptd.net> wrote:

> 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.
>


Thats what I did when I backed up my VHS tapes a few years ago, and it
worked great.


-- 
Ron Frazier
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