[mythtv-users][OT] - How grab VHS tapes?

[Nick]

On 07/12/05, Alessandro Boggiano <boggiano at libero.it> wrote:
> David Watkins wrote:
> > On 07 Dec 2005 06:29:13 -0800, Jim Reith <reith at racores.com> wrote:
> >
> >>At 09:05 AM 12/7/2005, you wrote:
> >>On 12/7/05, Alessandro Boggiano <boggiano at libero.it> wrote:
> >>Hi all,
> >>usually if I want watch a VHS,I can use the antenna cable between the
> >>vcr and the tv (I know,the quality is bad),put channel 36 on my tv and
> >>it works!
>
> > I ended up putting my PVR 350 into a windows machine and using the
> > windows software that came with the card to do a channel scan.  Then,
> > the channel number that it found the VCR on goes into the frequency
> > field on the second page of the mythtv channel setup.
>
> That's the way I was thinking but I don't have any win machine!
> Anyone knows a good scan channel program?

If you connect your VCR to your TV in the same manner, what channel
does your TV tune to in order to watch something on the VCR? I'd also
strongly recommend using S-Video or composite instead of your antenna
coax.

Nick