[mythtv-users] Capturing legacy VHS tapes

[Dan Littlejohn]

If you have the card working can't you just do

dd if=/dev/video0 of=/tmp/video_file.mpg

Not a Myth solution or the most convenient, but could work.

Dan

On 10/19/05, Erik Karlin <e_karlin at yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 01:49:32PM -0500, Trey Boudreau wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 03:10:21PM -0200, Manuel Lemos wrote:
> > >
> > > Right, I know that MythTV was made mainly to record scheduled programs.
> > > It seems superb for that purpose although it is not my main interest
> > > right now.
> > >
> > > The page with Linux drivers of this card recommends MythTV, but what I
> > > want to do, start and end a recording anytime I want with creating a
> > > schedule, does not seem to be possible or maybe it is not obvious to me.
> > >
> > > Since I could not make any recording with any other program besides
> > > MythTV and gorecord tool that comes with the drivers, I wonder if
> > > anybody knows how I can achieve what with MythTV. Or shall I submit a
> > > feature request for MythTV?
> > >
> > I suspect you have a tape library from the days before DVD, consisting
> > primarily of videos and not TV shows.  I recommend doing the capture
> > manually, outside of MythTV.  Then move the captured file to someplace
> > where MythVideo can see it.  You can then enter name for the video and
> > have MythVideo search IMDB for cover art and associated data.
> >
> > -- Trey
>
> What about pushing the VCR through a digicam and pass it through the
> firewire to either myth or kino or something. I've been thinking about
> trying that for a while now...when I get some spare time
>
> Do digital cams provide TBC codes?
>
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