On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 21:20, Andrew Jorgensen wrote: > On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 21:01, Julie Blodgett wrote: > > Art: I talked to you at the install-fest last Saturday about using Linux to > > convert vhs to dvd. I was wondering if you could give me some details on how to do > > the coverting. I would like to do some editing as well as add music. What > > equipment is required and how good of a computer do I need? Thanks! Julie
Ok it's going to take a little bit of learning to get this to go, it's not hard, but it can be a little frustrating. Ok you're going to need to start out with a desktop with a TV input card, quite a bit of extra disk space (like 10 gig or so) and linux successfully installed on it. Ok first off is the hardware: You need a TV input card. I use a a card called WINTV that uses the Hauppauge chipset. It's a good card. People have reported that the WinTV Go card works well: http://www.hauppauge.com/html/products.htm#pci Ok so after you have gotten a working tv card, install the program tvtime. #apt-get install tvtime when you run tvtime you should be able to watch tv, or watch a video from a vcr that is now connected to your Computer. Ok once you get to this point we can continue to go from here with recording tv onto your computer. I have a lot of fun with this. When I see a program on TV that I want to record, I just run a command on my desktop. It records it to DIVX format, and if I want to convert it to an SVCD after that, It's pretty easy. Ok the big disclaimer: Doing this stuff on Linux is not the easiest thing in the world. There's not a simple justdoit program for it. I am in the process of writing some scripts to make it easier, When you're ready to start recording those scripts should be ready. Art -- "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly." --Albert Einstein-- _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
