[mythtv-users] Good card for input from VHS tapes

[Steve Smith]

On 29/03/2008, Marcus Bryner <marcus at docbryner.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  My MythTV setup is not yet connected to cable/sat/OTA TV yet.   What I would
>  like to do first is copy old VHS tapes for archiving.   Some commercial, some
>  home movies.   Any of you have recommendations on the best input card for
>  this?   There are a lot of options to pick from and I'm getting confused.
>  The VCR only has coax and RCA jack output, no SVideo.   Just a PVR-150 should
>  do the trick?  The differences between the different Hauppauge cards is
>  confusing, and the PVR150 doesn't have a remote.   Also, will I need a
>  Macrovision remover inbtwn?   Thanks in advance!
>
>  Marcus
>
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Marcus,

Re: Macrovision...hauppuage cards seem to ignore this ;-)
The last time I looked the PVR150 had a remote, maybe some of the
retail bundles miss this out (the MCE bundle?)

I've never used it as such but a PVR-150 should be more than capable
of backing up a VHS video.
Actually the choice of analogue cards is pretty limited when it comes
to good linux driver support and hardware mpeg encoding. Analogue and
software encoding has a wider range though I can't comment on the
quality.

Cheers
Steve