<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/17/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Dave Topan</b> <<a href="mailto:myth@topanfamily.ca">myth@topanfamily.ca</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">The easist way is not through MythTV:<br><br>Run ivtvctl to change video import<br><br>cat /dev/videoX >
file.mpg (And Control-C when done)<br><br>Then dump it in your videos directories and watch it with MythVideo<br><br><br>On Sat, 16 Jun 2007, Marc Barrett wrote:<br><br>> I have a pretty typical setup: two Hauppauge cards (150 and 350) with a cable line going to both cards, so I'm using the tuners. Everything works great.
<br>><br>> I would like to occasionally copy a VHS movie to MythTV, recording it like a TV show. What I'd like to do is plug a VCR into one of the component inputs of either card, so I don't have to touch the existing setup. Right now, the only way I can think of to do it is to go back into mythtv-setup and add an input. But then there is also the problem of telling MythTV exactly when to start and stop "recording", so I don't end up with "dead air" at the beginning and end when I'm setting things up, and also how to title the program in MythTV.
<br>><br>> I'm hoping someone has already thought of this and written a little MythTV utility to record video off of a card's alternative input, without having to mess with the setup.<br>><br>> _______________________________________________
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<div><br>Actually, if you search the WIKI, there's a great How-To on doing this. I used it, and every once in a while, we end up with a VHS tape that needs saving.</div>
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<div>I don't remember everything, but it did involve setting up the additional inputs on the card, and adding a channel for it (1001 for me), etc... So, I just tell it to record for like 6 Hours, and then stop it when it's done. Then, you can easily edit it and cut out the pieces you don't want.
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