[mythtv-users] Recording a tape to DVD

Lane Schwartz dowobeha at gmail.com
Mon Dec 6 15:26:08 UTC 2004


On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 10:05:02 -0500, John Kuhn <kuhn at razorsys.com> wrote:
> Chris wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> > I'm working on a Christmas project that will have me use my myth box to
> >record some old family videos (on VHS tapes) to DVD.  I've seen lots of
> >messages on the list about recording shows to DVD, but since this is
> >coming from a tape (and will be manually started & stopped), it seems
> >like my best approach is to use ivtv's test_ioctl to set my PVR250 to
> >DVD-compatible settings and then "cat /dev/video > file.mpg" .  (I can
> >then edit the file in LVE, avidemux, or something similar.)  Involving
> >myth seems like it would be more complicated than it needs to be, as I
> >will require manual control over the recordings and can't take advantage
> >of all the other things that Myth can do automatically.
> >
> > However, I thought I'd first check here to see if anyone had done
> >something similar or had any clever ideas on improving my approach.  Any
> >suggestions are welcome.
> >
> >
> >
> >org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
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> >
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> would be really nice if someone could make a module exactly for this.
> Myth has all the functionality todo it, just needs a more usefriendly
> method.  a nice Start/stop switch would be ideal with possibly some
> transcoding options.. also giving the process the highest priorty so
> myth doesnt try to steal the tuner for another show..
> 
> I have alot of vhs hi/8 tapes i would love to get into the mythbox

Agreed. The surest way for a feature request to become a feature is to
write the code. :)

I'll try to take a look at the code tonight. Not making any promises,
esp as my C++ skills are a bit rusty.

Do any of the current developers have any comments about a MythVHS
module being added with the purpose of making it as easy as possible
to import VHS tapes into Myth?

Lane

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