[mythtv-users] S-video again

[Raymond Wagner]

On 5/18/2010 13:16, Mike Perkins wrote:
> Ted S wrote:
>> On Monday 17 May 2010 01:32:14 pm Raymond Wagner wrote:
>>> On 05/17/10 15:06, Ted S wrote:
>>>> I have a working Hauppauge HVR-1600 (tv and cable) running on FC12 
>>>> myth
>>>> 0.23 I am trying to transfer my DTV PVR recordings to Myth.  I can 
>>>> tell
>>>> my dvr to send to vcr -
>>>> I am using s-video out on the dvr to s-video in on the 1600.
>>> The different inputs are defined in step 4 of mythtv-setup.
>>
>> I must be thick headed -
>> I know how to hook it up what i am having problems with is how to 
>> configure the card . It looks like if I don't assign a Video source, 
>> then I cannot pick it to view.  And how do you assign a Video source 
>> without a grabber and see it as a option to view or record while on 
>> "Live TV"?
>>
> If you can get the drive out of the DVR that would be your easiest 
> solution. Hook it up temporarily to the box where you're going to dump 
> the video, then just use rsync or similar to copy the files over, no 
> need to bother Myth.

Assuming your DVR does not encrypt the content on the disk, and uses a 
file system usable in linux.