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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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? > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users