[mythtv-users] Plugging a non-TV source to a capture card line input?

[Brian Wood]

Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 10/24/2008 09:33 AM, Krzysztof Adamski wrote:
>> On Fri, 2008-24-10 at 02:11 -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>   
>>> On 10/24/2008 01:31 AM, Jake wrote:
>>>     
>>>>>> Use v4l2-ctl --set-input to set the input of your device (v4l2-ctl --
>>>>>> list-input if you don't know which one to use), then cat /dev/videoX >
>>>>>> myfile.mpg is much easier than setting up a fake tuner, making sure
>>>>>> mythtv doesn't use it, then schedule a manual recording. Just make
>>>>>> sure nothing is scheduled to record while you're using that tuner. You
>>>>>> can always remove the input connections from mythtv-setup for that
>>>>>> tuner, restart the backend, then put them back when you're done so you
>>>>>> know it won't try to use the tune while you're recording from your VCR.
>>>>>>       
>>>>>>           
>>>>> Sure, I could totally bypass mythtv and do what you say, but I was kind of
>>>>> hoping to be able to see the video mostly live and be able to hit record
>>>>> around the right time (yes, I know about the liveTV delay, which is why I
>>>>> say "about").
>>>>>         
>>>> you can definitely setup the tuner in myth and do a custom record but
>>>> if you go the cat /dev/video route you can always view the mpg in real
>>>> time using mplayer which is easier.  there are a lot of ways to do
>>>> this and using myth is always an option but you incur the "penalty" of
>>>> the scheduler so doing it manually is easier IMHO.
>>>>       
>>> Jake and Brad are right.  Using MythTV to digitize old tapes is like 
>>> using a Ferrari to haul lumber (or like using a long-bed pickup in a 
>>> street race--point being it's the wrong tool for the job).  Here's why: 
>>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/232857#232857
>>>     
>> Also (I may be wrong) if you hit record, it saves not from the point you
>> hit record but from the point you started to watch.
>>   
> 
> Or, if you don't have guide data, from the point your started to watch 
> or from the most-recent top-of-the-hour or half-hour point since you've 
> been watching.  It also cuts off every half hour.  (Yeah, my description 
> in the old e-mail is no longer current--it's now on the top- or half-hour.)
> 
>> I think the main advantage of using myth for this is to be able to use
>> the video editor to generate the cut list.
> 
> You can always import the recording.  See (the legacy, should be 
> converted to use the Perl bindings, not guaranteed to work, but is 
> probably good enough) myth.rebuilddatabase.pl script in contrib.
> 
>> On this note is there a Linux video editor that is as easy to use as the
>> one in myth?
> 
> Cinelarra?  (That's a joke--it's far removed from easy.  :)
> 
> avidemux2 isn't bad.

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