On Friday 13 Jan 2006 21:36, Michael T. Dean wrote: Thanks mike, I'll do a search on the archives...
> Stephen Kitchener wrote: > >Hi List, > > > >Please excuse me if this is a totally stupid idea and I apologise in > > advance. > > > >What I am trying to do is to use mythtv to record from the svhs sockets on > > a video tape player into mythtv and then from there to DVD. > > > >I have mythtv setup and working well, and it's being used, so this is an > >additional task for it. > > > >Is this possible, might I be better off just using ivtvctl, ivtv-tune and > >friends to do this ??? > > > >I have looked for info, and have tried to set up mythtv to accept input > > from the tape player, but, unless I have missed the point, I don't seem > > to have succeeded... > > You need to create a channel for the VCR (I made one numbered 999) and > then do a manual recording (i.e. create a new manual recording > rule--don't use the "r" button in LiveTV). Search the lists for (many, > many) posts explaining how. (Note, though, that you don't need to > create guide data as at least one of the posts claims.) > > Mike > _______________________________________________ > 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