[mythtv-users] Cannot Record VCR

[Curtis White]

On 11/15/05, Peter Darley <darley at darleyconsulting.com> wrote:
>
> On Nov 14, 2005, at 5:47 PM, Nathan Allen Stratton wrote:
> >
> > Any plans to make it easy to import a bunch of videos this way? I
> > guess I
> > am talking about another manual record option that lets you input show
> > info like title, actors, descriptions, etc. I know you can do this
> > today
> > with above and then editing mysql, but it would be nice to have a VCR
> > input you could just start and stop via myth and enter all the show
> > info.
> >
> > -Nathan
>
> Nathan,
>
>         Since your card does the encryption for you, you could just make
> sure that the backend doesn't have any scheduled shows, or shut down
> the backend, then just do the 'cat video0 > file.mpg' trick that
> people use when testing their card setup.   So, just start the cat,
> start the play, then ^C when the video stops.
>
>         It's not what you're asking about, but it seems like it would be the
> simplest way to me. :)
>

Hmmm that's a good idea. This could even be scripted pretty easily.
Maybe I'll put together a script to do that, although it wouldn't be
run through the UI so wouldn't be as easy to use.