[mythtv-users] Manual record/stop

[Buchanan, Paul (West)]

On Monday, November 29, 2004 2:48 PM, mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
wrote: 
> I have a question about Myth's abilities.... is there the an ability
> to start and stop recording on command?  I ask because I have a
> number of old VHS tapes I'd like to record over for DVD archiving. 
> However besides trying to hit record at the exact moment I've
> configured a manual 
> recording session, I can't think of any way to make Myth do it.
> 
> Though as I write this, considering I have a pvr-350, I suppose I
> could write directly from the /dev/video to an mpeg file.  But it
> there's a better way to do it I'm curious.
> 
> Thanks.

You can press "R" while watching Live TV, but I believe that that functionality is broken in .16, fixed in CVS.  Bypassing Myth for this type of recording is probably the best way to go, simply by "cat /dev/video0 > tmp/test_capture.mpg"

Paul