[mythtv-users] PVR-250 Svideo record?

[Jeff C]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Dave Packham
> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 2:44 PM
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: [mythtv-users] PVR-250 Svideo record?
> 
> I have a system running with 2 PVR-250's  both hooked to cable and using
> tuner0 on each card.   how can I use the 250's hardware encoder to
> encode some home videos thru the SVID connectors on the 250's?  can I
> set it up somehow that channel 3 is the encoders SVHS port is available
> for input?

I'm sure someone can tell you how to do it, but in the mean time... the one
time I needed to record off my VCR, I just decided to tune to channel 3 and
connect the coax directly between the VCR and the PVR 250, hit play and
record the show at the command line using:

# cat /dev/video0 > homemovie.mpg

Worked fine for the few things I needed to do.  Not as fancy as SVideo but
my source was clean and clear anyway.

-Jeff