[mythtv-users] Using PVR-350 to record old VCR video

[Nick Rout]

On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Michael T. Dean
<mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> On 05/23/2012 07:28 PM, Ben Kamen wrote:
>>
>> On 2012-05-23 6:18 PM, Ben Kamen wrote:
>>>
>>> On 2012-05-23 6:01 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You need to go into mythtv-setup, Capture Cards section, then select the
>>>> PVR-350 device(s) and hit DELETE (by default 'D' key) to delete the cards
>>>> from MythTV's configuration.
>>>
>>>
>>> I thought I did that -- but I'll double check.
>>>
>>> yea.. "config files" == generic for "removed via" the myth setup
>>> interface..
>>
>>
>> Yup. It's out of the list...
>>
>> And I did a reboot.
>>
>> And it's funny because on the first pass, mplayer complains of "NO SIGNAL"
>> when tuning to CH:3...
>>
>> but eventually, I get this:
>>
>>> [root at MythTV ~]# gmplayer pvr:// -tv
>>> channel=3:input=0:chanlist=us-bcast:normid=0
>>> MPlayer SVN-r29134-snapshot-4.3.3 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team
>>> Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
>>> Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
>>> 137 audio & 296 video codecs
>>> Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
>>> Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
>>> Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
>>> Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
>>> Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
>>> Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
>>> Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
>>> Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
>>> Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
>>>
>>> Playing pvr://.
>>> [v4l2] select channel list us-bcast, entries 82
>>> [v4l2] Switch to user station channel:        3 - freq:    61250 -
>>> station:
>>> [pvr] Using device /dev/video-pvr350
>>> [pvr] Detected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350
>>> [v4l2] Available video inputs: '#0, Tuner 1' '#1, S-Video 1' '#2,
>>> Composite 1' '#3, S-Video 2' '#4, Composite 2' '#5, Composite 3'
>>> [v4l2] Available audio inputs: '#0, Tuner 1' '#1, Line In 1' '#2, Line In
>>> 2'
>>> [v4l2] Available norms: '#0, NTSC' '#1, NTSC-M' '#2, NTSC-M-JP' '#3,
>>> NTSC-M-KR' '#4, NTSC-443' '#5, PAL' '#6, PAL-BG' '#7, PAL-H' '#8, PAL-I'
>>> '#9, PAL-DK' '#10, PAL-M' '#11, PAL-N' '#12, PAL-Nc' '#13, PAL-60' '#14,
>>> SECAM' '#15, SECAM-B' '#16, SECAM-G' '#17, SECAM-H' '#18, SECAM-DK' '#19,
>>> SECAM-L' '#20, SECAM-Lc'
>>> [v4l2] Frequency 61250 already set.
>>> [v4l2] Video input: Tuner 1
>>> [v4l2] Audio input: Tuner 1
>>> [v4l2] Norm: NTSC-M.
>>> Cache fill:  0.00% (0 bytes)
>>
>>
>> And it just sits there.... durp.
>>
>> Maybe I'm better off trying one of the pcHDTV cards in NTSC|Composite
>> mode.
>
>
> Maybe try using v4l2-ctl (or whatever it's called) to tune the channel, then
> just use cat or dd to record from /dev/video*
>

My PVR150 has a composite in and I simply use cat /dev/video0
>file.mpeg, after setting the inputs correctly with v4l2-ctl