[mythtv-users] VHS Digitizing

[H P Ladds]

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Gordon
McCrae<gordon.mccrae at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Why bother tricking MythTV?

I knew I could do it

> Simply use v4l2-ctl to select the correct input etc., and then cat the
> /dev/video0 device to a file for the required number of minutes.
>
I tried playing with v4l2-ctl, but the learning curve (while not
particularly steep) caused me to whip-out. I knew I could trick Myth
faster than learn v4l. Yes, I know, short term gain for long term
loss, but every once in a while family and time constraints must win.

Thanks for the help.

preston