Re: [mythtv-users] Using MythTV as a non-TV recording device

2005-12-23 Thread Matt Lane
I am doing something similar for my church.  I have a Mythtv system build to record all of the services and then we burn them (with the myth box) to DVD for members to purchase. Yes it is over kill but it works well.  I can manually set a recording so the tech guys don't have to worry about a thin

Re: [mythtv-users] Using MythTV as a non-TV recording device

2005-12-23 Thread Kichigai Mentat
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Dec 21, 2005, at 21.46, Ryan Green wrote: The place of my employment currently has a setup where presentations are shot with a camera, and then currently recorded onto a VCR, and then captured from that tape onto a Computer for DVD. Currently, th

Re: [mythtv-users] Using Mythtv as a non-tv recording device

2005-12-22 Thread Nick
On 22/12/05, Ryan Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > using a DV cam is not an option, since the system we have currently is > that we have a PTZ camera built into our ceiling that we use, and then > record to a S-VHS deck. Swapping it out with a MiniDV deck would cost > too much ($1000+ per deck??)

RE: [mythtv-users] Using MythTV as a non-TV recording device

2005-12-22 Thread William
> > I'm not going to be recording TV with this at all, just > programming a record button onto our AMX system and hooking > it up to the computers serial port. How should I go around > this? Is mythtv even the right choice? As all the others have said, mythtv is not a good choice for this app

Re: [mythtv-users] Using MythTV as a non-TV recording device

2005-12-22 Thread Ross Campbell
> I'm not going to be recording TV with this at all, just programming a> record button onto our AMX system and hooking it up to the computers > serial port. How should I go around this? Is mythtv even the right> choice?I wouldn't even consider using MythTV for this. Is there a problemwith the Haupp

Re: [mythtv-users] Using Mythtv as a non-tv recording device

2005-12-22 Thread Ryan Green
using a DV cam is not an option, since the system we have currently is that we have a PTZ camera built into our ceiling that we use, and then record to a S-VHS deck. Swapping it out with a MiniDV deck would cost too much ($1000+ per deck??). I'll check into the hauppage software, since we lost the

Re: [mythtv-users] Using MythTV as a non-TV recording device

2005-12-22 Thread Nick
On 22/12/05, Ryan Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The place of my employment currently has a setup where presentations > are shot with a camera, and then currently recorded onto a VCR, and > then captured from that tape onto a Computer for DVD. Currently, this > takes us too much time and effort

Re: [mythtv-users] Using MythTV as a non-TV recording device

2005-12-22 Thread David Watkins
On 22/12/05, Ryan Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The place of my employment currently has a setup where presentations > are shot with a camera, and then currently recorded onto a VCR, and > then captured from that tape onto a Computer for DVD. Currently, this > takes us too much time and effort

[mythtv-users] Using MythTV as a non-TV recording device

2005-12-21 Thread Ryan Green
The place of my employment currently has a setup where presentations are shot with a camera, and then currently recorded onto a VCR, and then captured from that tape onto a Computer for DVD. Currently, this takes us too much time and effort, and we'd like to go directly from camera to MPEG-2, and t