[mythtv-users] Prevent Recordings of "Live TV" from Splitting, Etc

[Kevin Kuphal]

On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 11:00 PM, tosds9 at gmail.com <tosds9 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Mike,
>
> Thanks for your thorough response! I'll follow your instructions for
> changing the storage folder and adjusting GUI size/position, and report my
> progress in those areas ASAP.
>
> I must admit that I'm a bit confused about Schedules Direct. I understand
> how an SD subscription would solve the minor TV guide annoyance, but I'm not
> clear regarding how it would help me with the major issue of transferring
> previously-recorded content from my cable box's DVR to my computer. My
> computer is a laptop, it's NOT permanently connected to my cable box, and I
> only connect the two to one another when I'm trying to transfer
> previously-recorded shows from my cable box's DVR to my computer via MythTV.
> That's what I was trying to say by putting "Live TV" in quotes.
>
> I'd be willing to consider recording currently-airing shows to MythTV as a
> workaround to transferring previously-recorded shows from my cable box's
> DVR, but that's not my true intent. What I'm trying to do is preserve the
> "best of the best" from my cable box's DVR to my computer for my personal
> collection -- instead of using a home theater DVD recorder. Little if any of
> this is "drivel". Instead, it's mostly PBS shows and educational content.
> Again, both of these channels are unencrypted. I've tried to schedule
> recordings in MythTV and then activate playback of DVRed content from my
> cable box, but that causes the MythTV recording to abort. The Watch TV
> option is the only one I can find which will pass through and
> record/transfer previously-recorded shows to my computer.
>
> My apologies for any confusion... Thanks again, and I'll watch for your next
> reply!

There are a bazillion (ok, maybe not a bazillion but at least a few
hundred) excellent tools for video capture on Linux to encode the
output from your STB into a video file that MythTV will happily play
(including cat).  Choose the right tool for the job.

Kevin