On 26/01/06, Roger Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nick wrote: > You first need to select one of the available inputs (i.e. tuner, > Composite, S-Video) using 'ivtvctl -p x' which, when selected, are > "patched" to video0. When using MythTV, all of this input switching is > transparent to the user, but on the command line it is needed. > > For example, to switch to the input "Composite 2" (id 2) you would use > > # ivtvctl -p 2 > > To then capture from this input, you would use > > dd if=/dev/video0 of=/myth/tv/myfile.mpg bs=64k > > Check which input you specified in mythtvsetup and then try to capture > video from /dev/video0 after having switched to this input. You > _should_ get the same results as you saw in MythTV. > > Black and white video when you were expecting colour is almost always > (on the PVR cards) due to either selecting the wrong type of input > (S-Video instead of Composite) or using a cable that does not support > S-Video. Finally, ensure that the ivtv driver is autodetecting you > tuner type and correctly setting the video format (you can manually > set this using ivtvctl too). > > Nick > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > Thanks - that's exactly what I was doing wrong, I was selecting the > source number and then expecting to switch to something other than video0 as > well - sort of double switching? That makes sense now that I will always > record off /dev/video0 instead of other sources (unless I get another tuner > card...) > > Anyway, I'm recording in color now.
Great to hear! Nick _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users