[mythtv-users] PVR 350, record from VCR

Rudy Zijlstra mythtv at edsons.demon.nl
Fri Aug 19 16:04:29 UTC 2005


Jesse Guardiani wrote:

> Nick wrote:
>
>> On 8/19/05, Jesse Guardiani <jesse at wingnet.net> wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have a PVR 350. Normally it's primary input is SVideo from my Dish
>>> reciever. However, I'd like to record some of my old VHS tapes to
>>> disk via the tuner input so I can throw away the old tapes and preserve
>>> their quality over time.
>>>
>>> I know I can switch inputs on the 350 via 'C', but what is the best way
>>> to go about recording a 2 hr VHS tape? Is this even possible from the
>>> LiveTV interface?
>>>
>>> Ultimately, I'd like these recorded tapes to show up under the video
>>> section, but my CPU is way underpowered right now and I can't
>>> decode mpeg in real time using software mplayer, so it would be better
>>> for them to show up in the TV section for now (this way Myth will
>>> make use of the 350's hardware decoder). But I'll need to label them
>>> somehow and preferably put them all under a specific category/show.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>   
>>
>>
>> You could setup a manual recording for the duration of the tape. I
>> would recommend using SVideo or composite to record from the tape
>> instead of the tuner as I've had better experiences of doing this.
>>  
>>
>
> Care to elaborate? I'm already using the svid input on my PVR 350, so 
> unless I degrade the
> input quality by inserting an A/V switch, it makes the most sense to 
> just hard wire the VCR
> to my tuner input. Was the quality bad for you, or was it more of a 
> pain to get working,
> or what?
>
That way you are using the re-modulator of the VCR, which has the worst 
quality signal of those it has available. Thats about all.

Rudy


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