Aaron Digulla wrote: > Ian Leonard wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have a working ivtv system with a PVR250. I would like to transfer >> old VHS tapes to DVD. I have the VHS recorder connected via the scart >> lead to the PVR250 but can't find a way to encode the video. > > Please explain what you mean by "encode the video". Can't you switch > from TV to the Composite input? Or do you just get a black picture? Or > do you want to know how to create a "real" DVD which any player can show?
Sorry if I was a little vague, I don't fully understand what's going on here. By 'encode' I did mean take the composite input and turn into something that could be then converted to DVD. If I use the composite output from the VHS player, I can convert it to (what I assume) is mpeg (cat /dev/video0 >afile.mpg). That works fine but I had initially tried to use the SCART -> DIN cable that came with the PVR250. It is my understanding that this would produce better quality images (and since this is a camcorder -> VHS tape, it needs all the help it can get). It could be that the card doesn't have the facility to do it, but I had assumed I would have to configure something somewhere. I have just noticed that the VHS player also has SVIDEO output so I could have a play with that. As far as creating the "read" DVD, I am sure I can find some documentation on that along with 'dvdrecord'. -- Ian Leonard Please ignore spelling and punctuation - I did. _______________________________________________ ivtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users
