[mythtv-users] Composite1
Ray Olszewski
ray at comarre.com
Wed Sep 17 12:25:46 EDT 2003
At 11:14 AM 9/17/2003 -0600, Garrett Serack wrote:
>Welcome to my killfile.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
>[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org]On Behalf Of Vaughan Famularo
>Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 5:09 PM
>To: Discussion about mythtv
>Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] Composite1
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>
>Hello again,
>
>One thing I am is....... persistant. So, here I go again.
>
>Can anyone help me set up Composite1 on my capture card to appear like a
>channel on Mythtv??? So then I'll be able to record from Composite1. At
>the moment I can watch from Composite1 but I cannot record.
>Joseph Caputo suggested that I'll have to get into the Mysql database
>"SOMEHOW" but I don't even know where to start.
>
>Can someone get me heading in the right direction please??
I'm afraid I cannot help you do this using MythTV. But while Myth can be
contorted into doing this sort of thing, it is not really what MythTV was
designed to do. Myth's distinct strengths are buffering "live" TV,
automating the process of capturing scheduled TV shows, and managing the
database of recorded shows. Myth can do a lot more than that, but other
uses are less central to its core design. That's why trying to set up what
you want, for example, is so non-intuitive.
To my mind, the "right direction" for the sort of recording I believe you
want to do ... digitizing non-TV sources like videotapes through Composite1
... is to use some vidcap software other than Myth. Candidates are
mencoder, ffmpeg, vcr/avifile, and probably a few more that do not pop
immediately to mind. Either your distro's packaging system or a simple
Google search will turn up sources for all of these. This list of
candidates assumes you have a bttv or similar capcard; if you have (say) a
PVR-250, the details will be different (and I don't know thenm).
Of course, if you want to capture an actual TV source through Composite1
... an external tuner like a digital-cable or satellite box ... the answer
is considerably more straightforward. In that case, you associate the
external source's channel set with the Composite1 input, then either use an
IR Blaster or a serial connection (depsnds on the details of the external
source) to let Myth change channels on it, or set the external channel by hand.
If you really must create a dummy channel for Composite1, you need a deeper
understanding of the structure of Myth's MySql database than everyday users
(me included) have. But I think that if you want to capture from sources
like videotapes, you are creating more trouble than benefits with that
approach.
PS to Garrett - I think your response was unkind and uncalled for. Act if
you feel you must ... we all pick and choose which messages we read and
respond to, after all ... but there is no need to be snotty about it.
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