[mythtv-users] Manual scheduling question

[Steve Briggs]

On Monday, January 17, 2011 10:45:07 pm Nick Rout" <nick.rout at gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Steve Briggs <zzybaloobah at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Two Q:
> > I want to do a *real* manual recording.  I have a capture card
> > with it's default S-Video input connected to an video source
> > called VHS with no listing grabber.  I added a channel number
> > 0, callsign "VHS", video source "VHS".
> > I want to use a manual record on this channel, but whenever
> > I set one up, nothing happens and I get:
> > "This showing was not recorded because this rule does not match
> > any showings in the current program listing."
> 
> with some cards, eg pvr150/250/500 you can simply cat
> /dev/video0>file.mpg and ctrl-c when you want to finish. would that
> work for you?
> 
No... first it's a software card, so cat /dev/video doesn't work.
Second, I'd like it to show up in mythtv just like an OTA recording.
(Yeah, I know about MythVideo, but that's not the same thing.)
Thanks for the suggestion.
BTW... this used to work, I did it a lot several years back.
But the "Manual Record" UI has changed since then....


> > What am I missing?
> > 
> > Second Q:
> > I want to set up some recording rules for things that aren't in
> > the EPG.  So, for example, I want to set up a rule for "Get Smart".
> > Is there any way to do this other than setting up a custom rule
> > (e.g. "program.title = 'Get Smart'")?
> > 
> > TIA,
> > Steve
> > 
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